Confused by Scripture? Don’t Rip Those Pages Out, Use This Instead

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I used to feel guilty every time I opened my Bible… Or worse, every time I didn’t.

I’d been told my whole life to read it, but no one ever told me how.

No roadmap. No context. Just… Read it, Rich!

I grew up in a Christian family, with parents who read the Bible daily. They lived it, loved it, and probably even taught me how to read it… But if they did, I must not have been paying much attention. 😊

I didn’t like reading as a kid. And when I did try, I’d open to something like Leviticus and think, What even is this?

So I did what a lot of Christians do. I pretended I knew more than I did. I nodded along. I underlined things. I quoted verses that sounded familiar. And I quietly hoped no one would ask me to explain what anything actually meant.

Not all of it was foreign. But I did what a lot of people do, I turned the Bible into my own personal “self-help” manual and “book of personal promises”.

That unspoken gap between what I should know and what I actually knew made me feel like a fake.

Without even realising it, it shaped how I saw God, too. I’d read verses out of context and assume they applied to me in ways they didn’t. I missed the beauty. I missed the challenge. And I missed Jesus in parts of the Bible that were meant to point directly to Him.

Some of it I oversimplified, and other parts I ignored.

Honestly, if I had continued that way, I know it was just a matter of time before something happened that didn’t fit my paradigm, and I walked away… maybe not from the Church… But from the God I thought was confusing, irrelevant, or silent.

But the reality was, I wasn’t approaching His Word the way it was meant to be read.

Years later, at Theological College, I discovered some things that everyone needs to know, but few actually do.

That’s why I want to share a simple framework with you today. It’s something I wish I’d had years ago.

It won’t answer every question, but it will help you find your footing.

So next time you open your Bible, you’ll feel less confusion, more confidence… and maybe even a little excitement.

(Keep scrolling for the guide and don’t miss the cheat sheet near the end… It’s a one-page summary you can print and keep with your Bible.)