00035 – Reading the Bible
Foster, Richard

It may sound easy to “allow the Spirit to guide us” while reading the Bible…but in a culture of consumerized Christianity it is also easy to stumble over preconceived notions about the Bible cluttering the path.

Chief among such market-driven notions is that the Bible exists to serve our needs. It is no surprise that in a consumer-driven culture we would be tempted to reduce the Bible to a product for self-improvement.

But to do so is deadly.

from Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation

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