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Why Christians Disagree in Doctrine and Biblical Understanding

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How to Understand the Bible

By Grantley Morris

For spiritual truth, we need the Bible, but to understand the Bible, the same God who inspired its writers must inspire its readers. This webpage searches the Scriptures to identify and learn how to remove personal blockages to divine revelation,lest we fall into error.

Why can good Christians study the same Bible passages, be certain that they have found God’s truth and yet end up with contradictory beliefs about what God means? The scary truth is that these disagreements exist even when full-on, Spirit-filled Christians or highly skilled Bible scholars and theologians interpret Scripture. We all believe we are “rightly dividing the word of truth” but, disturbingly, our contradictory interpretations prove that most of us are in error – not what we would call heresy, but isn’t the God we serve a God of Truth? Any error is likely to have undesirable effects.


How to Rightly Divide the Word of Truth
The Limits of the Mind
How Blind Are You?
Blockages to Spiritual Truth

How to Avoid Misinterpreting the Bible

1. The Disciples Saw No Need to Ask Jesus
2. Too Ashamed to Admit their Ignorance
3. The New Truth Seemed Unscriptural
4. Scared of the New Truth
5. Their Hearts Differed from Jesus’ Heart
6.Too Impressed by Their Own Logic
7. Satanic Interference
8. Not God’s Timing?

The Story So Far
Other Dangers

The Neglected Spiritual Dimension

'How to Avoid Misinterpreting the Bible'
You Can Find Truths Missed by Theologians
Seeing Through God’s Eyes
To Understand the Word of God
Our Frightening Capacity for Self-Delusion
A Suicidal Date With Delusion
Much More

How to Receive Spiritual Revelation

More Help in Understanding the Spiritual Side of Bible Interpretation
Scripture’s Silences
The Limits of Logic
Hidden Agendas
Should We Even Have Bible Teachers and Bible Commentaries?
A Spiritual Law for Bible Interpretation
Soaring to a New Level