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Read Gods Word in context!

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So, how do we know if we are reading the Bible properly? If whenever your reading the Bible and it bothers you and troubles you and sometimes even makes you angry, chances are your beginning to understand it. Hang in there with reading it because the Bible is filled with amazing blessings but to get to them we must travel through some muddy waters.

I guess I began wondering if there were other Christians raised in the church who one day realized decades later that they never really read the Bible . They have no clue what it says. They only know what someone else told them it says.
A funny thing happens when you read Gods Word as it was meant to be read. In context from beginning to end. Cover to cover. You soon discover that what you were told doesn't square with what it actually says.

This blog chronicles my journey from when my eyes began to open since my first time thru the Bible. I examine how so many passages of scripture get twisted to fit someone's agenda. I talk a lot about "context." Quite often I sound critical and judgmental. This cannot be avoided. My goal is to promote discernment. My goal is to encourage others to research what the read and listen to . So many believers have no idea why they believe what they do.
The main idea of this blog is context. Read Gods Word as a book. Not rocket science. It will take some time. It wont happen over night. Comparing what we "thought" the Bible says to what it "actually" says can be frustrating but the blessing of understanding Gods Word in context is worth the effort.
Acts 17:11b

I recently purchased a chronological Bible that I truly love and I think it could help those who struggle reading the Bible .
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Yeah... Context matters

It has always been my attempt to illustrate context and I try to illustrate the importance of context.
I found a clear example but in an unusual place.

My wife shared with me, a clip of our president saying that people are small minded and can't think for themselves. This clip has made its rounds on social media.
She was angry at this.
Just one minor problem with this clip.
It's not true.
Well, leave it too me to look for the entire speech, not just a sound bite.

As you listen to the video in the link below, pay close attention to how your "feeling" after you hear the first telling of this and compare that with what your thinking at the end of the video

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/jun/23/chain-email/video-barack-obama-speech-circulating-internet-was/

Now if anyone thinks that these methods are not seen regularly from our pulpits, they are sadly mistaken.
That method being ,tell half a verse or half a chapter and proof text your way into a sermon.

Btw just think of all those who saw that clip on FB and Didn't check out its context.
They still believe the lie.

And that's the same concerning the Bible.
tryreadnit!