Bible Reading (discussion)

Ok, here's a post to start a discussion! (Sorry I took so long!)My notes indicate that one of the foci (pl of focus) of Dr. JMR's "Devotional and Making Connections" lecture on 7/11 morning (Friday, I think) was reading the Bible and getting the most out of it.For... (checking the site out) ... essays by such people as JMR, we were referred to www.ScriptoriumDaily.com .Some notes that I took on the lecture include:

"If your general view of reality is working, you should not change it; if you cannot make a great improvement, do not make a change"

• "The truth has nothing to fear from open and free inquiry"
• "Doubt is a virtue, though by itself it is toxic"
• "Don't try to do too much at once; chose one area of improvement at a time"
• "Read the Bible the same way you read everything else" (Psalms the same way you read other poetry, epistles the same way you read other letters, etc.)

I found some help with this last note in a book which is required prereading for Torrey Academy (youth program, prep for JMR's Torrey Honors Inst) year 2, Foundations of American Thought, How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth, by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. After the first two chapters give rules for reading the whole bible, including choosing translations, chapters 3-13 each focus on one genre of books of the Bible (multiple chapters on some genres). Even if you aren't going to take TA next year, I would really recommend this book.