Questions to Ask When Reading the Bible

Justin Taylor summarizes both J. I. Packer's and Gerald Bray's 3 Questions to Ask When Reading from the Bible.

Packer's 3 questions:
1. "What is shown about God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?"
2. "What is shown about the bewildering, benighted world with all its beautiful and beneficial aspects alongside those that are corrupt and corrupting?"
3. "What is shown to guide one’s living, this day and every day?"

Bray's 3 questions:
1. "What does [the passage] tell us about God? What does it say about who he is and about what he does?"
2. "What does this text say about us human beings? What are we meant to be and what has gone wrong?"
3. "What has God done about this and what does he expect of us in the light of what he has done?"