This big picture keeps us from lifting passages out of context or reading something into the Bible that is not there." In thinking about the importance of reading the Bible in light of the overarching story, I commented, "It seems that some approaches to Scripture, whether we talk about legalism or liberalism, leave out different parts of the story. Is that another way we can go wrong in our reading of Scripture? Obviously, if we leave out parts of the story, we don't understand the story as a whole,