Each new year it happens: Inevitably, we all take up a grand Bible-reading plan. We start off fast out the gates, usually in Matthew or Genesis, but then, the all-to-often interruption occurs and we stop. The stop has many reasons, but I want to try to diagnose one today. 

We stop reading the Bible because we start merely reading the Bible. 

True teaching identifies Jesus as the biblical, prophesied Messiah, while false teaching dangerously denies Jesus as Messiah. False teaching subtly pulls on threads that unravel the whole tapestry of Christian theology.