Never too late

It's my turn at Out of the Ordinary today in which I share how it's never too late to learn how to study the Bible.

I've been a Christian most of my life. I was encouraged to read the Bible from a very young age, but no one taught me how to study the Bible. As a result, I had no clue about the basics of interpretation. Context? Genre? Author's intent? Original audience? What was that? I thought the Bible was supposed to help me make decisions and give a daily emotional boost?

Consequently, I favored the Carly Simon method AKA "You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Text is About You." I cast myself as the good guy in every passage, and the bad guy stood for whatever difficulty I was facing. I was so busy making the text say something it never said that I completely overlooked the fact that the Bible was God's revelation of Himself.

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