{"id":6256,"date":"2023-02-14T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:33:12","slug":"sparknotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6256","title":{"rendered":"SPARKNOTES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some people approach the Bible as if it consists primarily of a set of doctrines to be learned. So they turn to the &#8220;experts&#8221; to hear their explanations of the various propositions it contains.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this is like &#8220;reading&#8221; a classic novel by studying the SparkNotes summary.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure, you might be able to spout back some plot details and describe a major theme or two and it will save you a whole bunch of time, but you will miss out on the joy of reading a masterpiece and the wonder of firsthand discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And one thing is guaranteed: if you stick to the SparkNotes, that book will never have the chance to become your all-time favorite.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously, if you thought the book had something important to say, you would have read every word of it for yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then <i style=\"font-weight: bold\">you <\/i>would draw your own conclusions about which\u00a0characters are major and which minor and what symbolism spoke to <i><b>you<\/b><\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t do SparkNotes for Bible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There IS a test coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people approach the Bible as if it consists primarily of a set of doctrines to be learned. So they turn to the &#8220;experts&#8221; to hear their explanations of the various propositions it contains.\u00a0 But this is like &#8220;reading&#8221; a classic novel by studying the SparkNotes summary. Sure, you might be able to spout back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6257,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6256\/revisions\/6257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}