You are making sure it is speaking to YOU

The language we reading is meaningful to us aswe see it through our own spiritualunderstanding

Helps you to see alternative views

Disciplines worship leaders to use wider rangeof biblical texts, rather than just ones they arecomfortable with.

Allows for ecumenical movement

Helps worship leaders make connectionsbetween biblical texts

Restrict worship leaders, cannot respond tonews and current affairs.

Worship leaders and congregations may beguided towards particular interpretations oftext by placing certain texts together.

Doesn't include the whole Bible

Whatever your world view you will translate andsee things in that way. SL: RM. Hare "Peoplehave bliks"

Dangerous to see the Bible through only yourown eyes