“Das kenne ich schon.” “Greif einfach zur Bibel, und lies.” “Ihr habt diesen Text sicherlich schon oft gehört.” Moment mal! Dahinter steckt oft eine trügerische, weil verzehrte Vorstellung des Bibellesens. Trevin Wax hat dies sehr schön aufgezeigt.
Die tägliche Realität sieht ganz anders aus. Schon mal 3. Mose, Hiob, Hesekiel, Nahum oder den Hebräerbrief Vers für Vers gelesen?
Stress the simplicity of the Bible, and the people you are hoping will read the Bible next year may begin to wonder if they’re just too dumb to understand it. I wonder if, in our efforts to get people reading Scripture, we might be minimizing the tough parts, and unintentionally undercutting our people’s sense of joy when they grow in biblical knowledge.
Was steckt dahinter?
Our tendency is to make the Bible seem more accessible than it is with the hope that more people will read it. I think this is the wrong way to go about it. It’s just not going to happen.
Die Botschaft sollte lauten: Es ist hart und braucht Disziplin. Und es lohnt sich.
Like learning to play the piano, Bible-reading is both a joy and a discipline. Instead of making it seem like the Bible’s accessibility demands little work or time, we should tell people that it’s a hard book with great reward. It may be tough, but that’s just it. The best things in life are things we work for. They’re the tough things.
