I don't think one should "teach from the Bible" as you say at all. Instead we should be teaching the skill of Biblical reading and interpretation itself. If a child is too young to read, then this takes the form of reading Biblical stories to them, and discussing them, or perhaps making a skit or presentation or even just a picture of the story. There are many stories in the Bible that are simple enough in wording for even the youngest children to understand. This process exposes them to the Word and teaches them how it can be interpreted but without any hint of the hubris that the interpretation is absolute, because they came up with it themselves, (and they all know deep down that they can be wrong) and probably argued a bit over what something meant (showing that different views exist).

So instead of "teaching from the Bible" we can read a few passages and then ask "What do you think that means?" As opposed to what The Message does (at the very least to one not reading it 'as it is meant to be read') which is to simply tell a person "This is what the Bible means!" as though they somehow knew the mind of God.

Am I saying that one interpretation is as good as the next? No, not really. There is exactly one correct way to understand the Bible, and it is part of our calling to seek that way out collectively. And in order to do that, we must very carefully differentiate the Word of God from the word of man.

Love in Christ,