You're Reading the Bible Wrong

Send a textHow do you read the bible? Odds are, even if you're a Christian, you don't. But if you do, you probably read the same handful of books over and over, probably the Gospels. Or perhaps you open to a random page and try to pull something out that applies to your life. If any of that is true for you, then you couldn'tbe more wrong. Let's talk about the way that God intends the Bible to be read and understood. In this episode, we discuss the overarching narrative of scripture and how to articulate it, the doctrine of inspiration, and ways that Christians fail at reading the bible. It's important to understand what scripture is so we can value it and consume it the way that God intends. It's also important to be able to reflect on our failures in reading Scripture so that we can learn better from it and be able to align ourselves more with the lives that God wants us to live.Also check out Greg Koukl and Stand to Reason, a resource that is mentioned in the podcast at str.org. Greg Koukl's model for the narrative of Scripture: God, Man, Jesus, Cross, Resurrection, is very helpful in understanding the Biblical story and how every book of the Bible fits into the context of that story.This is the Good Monsters Podcast, critically looking at Christianity and Christian culture from a biblical perspective.    Intro and Outro is Dreaming Days by Ketsa and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Support the showSupport the Show! https://www.patreon.com/sparenoarrowsCheck out the video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@sparenoarrowsConnect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spare_no_arrows/Spare no Arrows on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6CqhvtMWRItkoiv8ZrJ6zVSpare no Arrows on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spare-no-arrows/id1528869516