43: What’s the Other Best Question to Ask
When You’re Reading the Bible?
“Why did this passage endure?” That question leads to other questions, especially this one: “What is it that was true about this book or story or poem or letter for them at that time that’s also true for us, here and now?”
“And so you keep reading these stories, asking why people wrote them down in the first place and then asking why they’ve endured.
What do they say about what it means to be human?
What do they teach us about hope and love and pain and loss and forgiveness and betrayal and compassion?
How do these stories help us better understand our stories?”
Excerpts From: Rob Bell. “What Is the Bible?.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/what-is-the-bible/id1146440401?mt=11