Just as a map is useless without a compass, so is the Bible without the Spirit of God

When trying to follow Jesus and be connected to the Bible we tend to gravitate towards:

1.) A narrow, nearly literal view of the Bible, treating it as a textbook for life and holding it in such reverence as to worship it (Dallas Willard called this "biblical deism").

2.) An incredibly wide, allegorical understanding of Scripture making it one more text among many so it becomes almost irrelevant for shaping faith, behavior and ethics.

We need a 3rd (middle) way to worship Jesus and read the Bible. Worship is about Spirit AND Truth - Scripture is a sacred set of REVELATIONS anchoring us to TRUTH, but it's useless w/o REVELATION from the SPIRIT