The line “check yourself before you wreck yourself” is from a rap song but also happens to just be good advice. “Chexegesis before you wrexegesis” adapts that wisdom to the realm of scripture, that you shouldn’t make strong declarations about scripture’s meaning without checking up on what it actually says and means. This post contains … Continue reading D&C 20:1, Plain Reading, and Literal Reading; or, Chexegesis Before You Wrexegesis