A post from Sam worth checking out.

Most of Us Read The Bible The Wrong Way by Sam Williamson, 4 november 2013  Have you ever been in a relationship in which everything you say is misunderstood? It's as though the other person has a built in bias to misinterpret you: You say their new tie is attractive. They wonder if you are buttering them up in order to borrow fifty bucks. You privately mention that their plaid, pink tie clashes (in the tiniest way) with their striped, orange shirt. They think you are a critical jerk. You say nothing at all about their new tie. They figure you are a self-obsessed narcissist who never notices anything about anyone else. A built-in-bias prevents them from hearing what you have to say because their hearing is filtered through their agenda. They only hear what they want to hear. Well, we are that biased, agenda-driven person, only we misinterpret what God says. We read scripture through the lens of our purposes, and we overlook hispurpose. We are missing the boat to a rich life with God, and boarding a dinghy to relational hell.  [...]  Read more...