I finished reading chapter 4 in Women of the Word today. It is a great chapter and the portion that I read dealt with understanding who wrote each book of scripture, who its original audience was, what style it is written in, etc. It dealt with the power that comes from scholarly understanding of the bible in helping us dig deeper into the bible's meaning.
It was a great chapter, that reminded me of a gift I have been given.
It recommended seeking out multiple sources and understanding the theological stance of your sources. This is good advice. However, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints, I have the blessing of having modern-day revelation from a living prophets and prophetic writings of the bible from modern-day prophets to help guide me in ways beyond those mentioned by the author.
So the rest of my time today I spent studying the gift that I have in past and present prophets.
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