Most of us were quietly trained to hand the Bible over to the experts, to sit in the pew, absorb the sermon, and trust that the people with the seminary degrees had it figured out. But here's the thing: the tools for reading any text responsibly aren't locked inside a degree program.

They're the same six questions we hand to eight-year-olds in language arts class: who, what, when, where, why, and how. In this episode, I walk through all six and show what actually happens when you apply them to some of the most quoted verses in evangelical culture. This isn't about dismantling your faith. It's about reading more honestly, and discovering that the texts are far more interesting, and far more alive, when you actually slow down long enough to understand what you're reading.

This originally was a Substack article that I wrote where I go into more detail as well as add some cool takeaways. If interested, you can check it out here: https://clemenzwithaz.substack.com/p/the-six-questions-an-elementary-approach?r=3leo1r

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