In my reading lately I have been coming across a lot of stuff about the sufficiency of God's word. Some of it is in books I am reading...some in bible verses declaring God's word as "flawless", "perfect", "complete", "eternal"...etc...

As a result of this (combined with reading a book that renewed my fervor for context) I have been doing a lot of pondering about how we interpret the bible and how many truth claims can really be attributed as a bible truth, and not just a general truth...

I have always been irritated by misuses of verses like the Philippians 4:13 claim that you can do anything you want to do because God will help you to do it...hogwash....read the whole text...it is more clearly saying that God will help you SURVIVE any circumstances you get into....not so much OVERCOME them.THAT is the truth of that passage
I suppose a person could make a case that I am being petty here but ...I think this type of thing is harmful to God's image. People take a passage such as this...make a "spiritual truth" out of it, then when they try to accomplish something ridiculous and fail...a natural conclusion is that since they failed God is either a liar because He didn't help, not real (same reason), or for some undisclosed reason chose not to give the needed aid.
It frustrates me...because such misinterpretations give God a track record He doesn't deserve. and usually it is because we are too lazy to REALLY find out what He is saying...we love little scripture "snacks", little "sound bytes" that sound great when removed from their context...
the sad part is there really is true power to be found in these "bytes" when understood correctly...to hound again on Phil 4:13, it can be very beneficial at times to understand Gods promise to keep is from being overcome by circumstances. I mean honestly....who hasn't had a trial in their life that they couldn't survive without God's sustanance? (on the other side of that coin how many people do you know who live a bold enough of a life to even need a verse like Phil 4:13 as the world knows it???!!)
well enough ranting for now I suppose.
this is fun! :)