Too often we think we read the Bible to understand it. We spend great amounts of time learning how to interpret it (time well spent, I agree). And our goal is, what does the Bible mean? What does it teach about God or about Christ? (VERY important questions, of course). Maybe we go a step further and ask, what does this then mean for me? Which is a good step, to be sure.

But, our goal of reading the Bible is not understanding or interpreting the Bible. We read the Bible in order to learn how to understand and interpret life.