The 11th of Jonathan Edwards' famous resolutions says: Resolved, when I think of any theorem in divinity to be solved, immediately to do what I can towards solving it, if circumstances don't hinder. To paraphrase: Bible understanding really matters. And good Bible handling really matters. Matters to the extent of spending time on bits I don't understand, staring at them, wrestling with them, finding out why the writers write what they do, the way they do. If I just pass over the difficult stuff it shows I don't really want God in the way God reveals himself.