It has been several weeks since I posted in this series, but in the last piece I wrote about the importance of discovering the context of a passage in Bible study, especially for the purpose of teaching. Context is the story behind the story. It is the surrounding, perhaps unmentioned details that help give the story meaning. When a passage is taken out of context we commit a hermeneutical no-no in that we are then free to make the passage mean what we want it to mean. Yet, as we have discussed before, a passage never means what it never meant (Fee and Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth , loc 574 Kindle Ed.). Context is important. Allow me to demonstrate. As a pastor I feel sometimes like a wedding groupie. If there is a wedding within 50 miles I’m probably going, either by invite or as the officiant. Over and over again I have heard Christian couples include a powerful Bible verse in their vows: “Where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge.