Greg Koukl has a response to your plan:
"If there was one bit of wisdom, one rule of thumb, one single skill I could impart, one useful tip I could leave that would serve you well the rest of your life, what would it be? What is the single most important practical skill I've ever learned as a Christian?
"Here it is: Never read a Bible verse. That's right, never read a Bible verse. Instead, always read a paragraph at least."
Reading ONE verse is how our Biblically illiterate populace has come to the conclusion that Jesus is a pacifist, is anti-wealth, is a socialist, is anti-smoking, is a democrat, is whatever they want to believe. Everyone could come up with their favorite forty verses of the Bible, if you gave them enough time. But they do not understand it, plain and simple, and they do not understand even the verses they are quoting because they know nothing about what ELSE is in the Bible.
If you're going to read ONE verse for your studies, please do us a favor and give us the rest of the context. "Honor your father and mother" standing alone could mean all sorts of hooey.
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