Perhaps we could take a note from the Haitian practice in remembering that the Bible as given to us is a means to an end, and not an end in itself. Every chapter and verse memorized; every Greek and Hebrew translation and parsing; every bit of Biblical knowledge gained that does not lead to a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Author is, in my opinion, a complete waste of time. The point is the book must be used as a way to draw closer to God and not a means to self aggrandizing knowledge. Maybe if we paid more attention to WHY we read we'd find ourselves more in community with our Haitian brethren.
Perhaps we could take a note from the Haitian practice in remembering that the Bible as given to us is a means to an end, and not an end in itself. Every chapter and verse memorized; every Greek and Hebrew translation and parsing; every bit of Biblical knowledge gained that does not lead to a deeper and more intimate relationship with the Author is, in my opinion, a complete waste of time. The point is the book must be used as a way to draw closer to God and not a means to self aggrandizing knowledge. Maybe if we paid more attention to WHY we read we'd find ourselves more in community with our Haitian brethren.
This is the perfect example of why people go running from Christianity and why god is absolutely dead in the modern times