Learning to Read the Bible, Week 10: Seeing Yourself in the Bible

<p><strong>Sermon:</strong> Seeing Yourself in the Bible</p> <p><strong>Scripture: </strong>2 Samuel 12:1-7a</p> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong> Rev. Dan Wunderlich</p> <p><strong>Description:</strong> Modern stories often give us what can seem like detailed blueprints of characters, telling us about their appearance, backstory, and even thoughts and motivations. The characters in the Bible are much more like impressionist paintings, communicating a lot through very little detail. This lack of detail actually helps us better grasp and connect with the meaning and purpose of biblical narrative.</p> <p><strong>Sermon Series:</strong> Learning to Read the Bible</p> <p>Even if we accept that the Bible is not a textbook or moral instruction manual, we can still desire more clarity. For example, why are so many details in some of the stories either vague or missing completely? It turns out that this isn’t a mistake or just some cultural quirk of ancient literature, but it is an intentional tool of the biblical authors.</p>