Some of what we call “reverence”… might actually just be recklessnes.

Main message: True reverence for ancient texts requires engaging their historical and cultural context rather than reading a modern translation flatly; treating them otherwise is reckless, not reverent.

Key points:

• Don't read a 500-year-old text as if a 21st-century translation speaks for itself.
• Avoid ripping texts out of their original world when interpreting them.
• Surface-level reading of ancient texts is not reverence.
• Responsible interpretation requires attention to context and translation history.

Scriptures mentioned: none