Thomas asks us today to read for the sake of transformation - not to gain information!!!
I recently stumbled upon a wonderful metaphor for reading the Bible. It comes from the title of Eugene Peterson's recent book... Eat This Book. Seeing scripture as food for the soul is a far more helpful metaphor than the usual one of a "Manual for Living".
The thing about a Manual is that people only consult a manual when the thing isn't working. I believe that if we turn to our Bible only when things aren't working, we won't find easy solutions there to complex human struggles.
The Bible is daily food. As we "eat" it and as it becomes a part of us, we become a part of it - we become the word - so that we are shaped and formed by the teaching of scripture. This is a much more challenging way of thinking about scripture. It doesn't require that believe that it's INSPIRED WORD OF GOD (which it may be)... all that's required is that you EAT!!!!
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