Full disclosure:

I do not believe every word in the Bible is the unerring, divinely inspired word of God.  It starts right off with two creation stories that contradict each other.  Were the animals created before humans or was Adam, a human, created before the animals?  Also, the numbers of times the document had to be translated from one language to another before it was written in english leaves a lot of room for interpretation on the part of the translators.  The number of times the tome had to be transcribed by hand before a printing press existed is another source of interpretive wiggle room. 

That being said, I do like parts of the Bible as an instruction manual.  The Creator gave us our abilities to think abstractly with our large brains.  Because we have the ability to perceive past, present, and future, we have an affinity to story narratives, or we like a good story.  We also have the ability to think critically.  As such, I believe we should use the stories within the Bible as guides that we remember, consider, critique, and incorporate into how we live. 

This blog will be my personal exploratory journey of my interpretations of Bible stories and how I use these interpretations to guide my actions. 

Peace,
Paul