Perfect love for the biblical text must cast out interpretive fear. Not every difference need be divisive. Some differences are salutary, allowing us to see more colors in the white light of Christ that shines forth from the text. Wise readers will honestly acknowledge the limitations of their own contexts: “Some of the habits that we readers from the West . . . bring to the Bible can blind us to interpretations that the original audience and readers in other cultures see quite naturally.”
