We need a crash course in how to interpret the Bible better. If you're just listening to your pastor, to podcasts and to YouTube videos, but you're not reading and studying scripture yourself - you have no idea if what you're hearing is true! The scriptures are meant to be studied by each of us personally, and as we do so, we teach our children.

Krista just finished her 264-page dissertation on Feminist Standpoint Theory... but we are giving it to you here in terms you can understand! It might sound like something that's uninteresting and irrelevant but as you listen to today's show, you'll learn that it's infected pretty much everything around us, including the church. It helps us understand where much of today's problems have come from. When we know where the stem is, we are better able to cut those weeds out and make sure we don't let new weeds grow.

When you're listening to a sermon or a podcast -look up the scriptures they're referencing. Was the main point the speaker was making the main point of the text? Train yourself and your kids to have that high level of discernment. Some pastors and influencers are great at telling stories, great at speaking, great at evoking emotion... but we need to know scripture so well, we need to study it for ourselves so we aren't led astray by eloquent speech. No matter how much you currently read the Bible, read it more! Study it. Don't just read a verse, read a chapter. Go forward, go backward. Context. What is the author's purpose? Who are they writing to, where are they, what's going on at that time? Use maps! Admit when you don't know something or don't understand something. Ask questions of the text. Become aware of your biases. Ask the Lord for wisdom. Start discussions with your spouse, friends and children. All the time! Kids can know and understand way more than we give them credit for.

Train your kids to be able to read a chapter and then concise the main idea of that text into 1-2 sentences.

Resources:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+read+a+bible+for+all+its+worth&ref=nb_sb_noss

Theology Mom - Bible teaching, cultural apologetics and theological commentary on social issues -

https://www.theologymom.com/

https://www.youtube.com/theologymom

Want to go deeper? Take a class with Krista!

https://www.theologymom.com/classes

Center for Biblical Unity:

https://www.centerforbiblicalunity.com/

All The Things show

https://www.allthethingsshow.com/

Email interview & speaking Inquiries for E.J. to ej.freedomfamilies@gmail.com

How Did We Get Here, Church? | Krista Bontrager #89