The Bible - an easy read?

How often do you read the Bible? Do you find it easy to read and understand? Some of it seems pretty straightforward, but if we are honest there are parts of it that just seem to be baffling.

I got the May/June issue of Relevant in the mail today. It has a great article in it about reading the Bible, called Swords, Science & Steps to Success: How Not to Read the Bible. Jason Boyett, who wrote the article, has just written a book called Pocket Guide to the Bible.

Here's a quote from the article:

The Bible contains powerful moral authority, but it's not just a weapon. The Bible points to a fulfilled life, but it's not just an advice manual. The Bible tells us where we came from, but it's not a history or biology textbook. The Bible addresses many of life's biggest questions, but it's by no means an easy read. To reduce the Bible to these ways of understanding is to spotlight little truths at the expense of the big Truth.

The big Truth of the Bible is Jesus...The purpose of its thousands of words is to point us to God's final Word: Jesus Christ...Jesus is the pointof the Bible, and to read it in any way that distracts from that message is to miss the point.

There's no online link to the article yet, but there is an excerpt from the book at the Relevant website. If you are struggling with your reading and understanding it might be a good place to start.