A Thought on Wholly Reading

The Bible is an intriguing book. Most times it is not read from beginning to end. It is read in parts and snippets, and sometimes just a few words. What makes a book that is read this way intriguing is that by doing that almost everything and anything can be construed, condemned, or believed from the Bible if read a certain way and interpreted a certain way. (For example, both murder and slavery have been justified from the Bible.) There are even two basic parts of the Bible: the Old and New Testaments. There are many dangerous things done when interpreting the Bible. I am going to refer to two: reading with just a modern mind and not hearing the whole Bible.
Both of these things have to do with interpreting the Bible wholly. When reading the New Testament as readers we cannot forget about the Old Testament. Indeed if we know nothing of the Old Testament (and also Jewish culture) we will not fully understand New Testament writers and what they are writing about. We can also not just read the Bible with a modern mind. Just as we cannot forget about the Old Testament when reading the New Testament we cannot forget the culture and context of the Bible as we read it with our modern minds. I think if we are more faithful to the text in its context and wholeness as readers we can be more faithful to the interpretation and to God and the world.