One of the main reasons why Christians don’t read the Bible as much as they would like is that we aren’t quite sure how to approach it. Sometimes it seems like a rule book, but many sections of the Bible don’t fit this grid. Sometimes it seems like a collection of wise sayings (much like the collected works of Confucius), but again, this only covers part of the Bible. Sometimes it seems like a collection of stories that are meant to give us moral messages (much like Aesop’s Fables), but sometimes the stories in the Bible seem to fall short in the presentation of clear moral lessons.
The Bible certainly contains rules, but it is not a rule book. It contains wisdom, but it is more than a collection of wise sayings. It contains stories, but it is more than just an anthology. At its core the Bible is none of those things. It is something much different and much better.
Dan Franklin
No comments:
Post a Comment