Re-reading @RayLubeck’s Read the Bible For a Change.
Here comes a thread of gems from the book.

#RTBFAC

Before I start the quotes, I HIGHLY recommend that if you teach the Bible this is a MUST READ. If you consider yourself a student of the scriptures, you also must read.

“My goal in interpreting the Bible is not to see what I can GET OUT OF the text, but is to seek to identify and understand what God has PUT INTO the text... I can only submit to God’s voice if I am listening for his intent.”
- @RayLubeckv #RTBFAC

“The chief purpose of the Bible is to foster loving relationships God and other people.”
#RTBFAC

“We cannot truthfully say we are followers of Jesus if we neglect or refuse to obey what the Bible tells us, or if we use it in self-serving ways that are not what God originally intended.”
#RTBFAC