More than once I have caught myself going into a Bible study predisposed to a certain idea / slant / opinion. If there is a great desire to support what I am already thinking, it becomes less of a Bible study and more of a proof text fishing expedition. By the time the “study” is complete there are a stack of scriptures which (not surprisingly) dovetail nicely with what was already fomenting in my brain. The Bible becomes a cajoled witness testifying to the “rightness” of my view. Sloppy or bad Bible study can be an unwitting tool in divisiveness.