As a 25-plus year pastor, I have a lot of books on my shelves. I have read most of them. One section is reserved for the “to be read” books. For years, I carted around five seminary books that I could not gear myself up to read.
These books were not easy to read. They were hard.
They might have been helpful if I could have figured out all the jargon and big words the scholars use. Sometimes the seminary professors choose books that are beyond their students.
How many years should I move those five books?
A decade was it. Those books went to a local academic used bookstore.
We are lucky that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote the stories of our Lord Jesus Christ so that readers can understand his life, death, and resurrection.
The writers of the New Testament wrote it to be shared, to be read, t…