Opening the 4/14 Window: Reaching Children With Scripture
Reaching children with Scripture … Opening the 4/14 Window. A friend recently introduced me to the 4/14 Global Missions Movement. When I visited the 4/14 website, I was struck by the fact that nearly 50% of the world’s population is under 20 years of age, which indicates that children are the largest people group in […]
Bible Engagement Blog Top Picks For 2014
Here are the Bible Engagement Blog top picks for 2014: In Love With The Author: Why Loving Jesus Makes the Word Come Alive International Evangelist Ken Terhoven, my late father-in-law, used to tell this story . . . Read more at: https://www.jumpintotheword.com/2014/08/19/in-love-with-the-author-why-loving-jesus-makes-the-word-come-alive/ Inviting Non-Bible Readers To Read The Bible How do we invite non-Bible readers […]
Outliers: Dedicating Time to Bible Engagement
Dedicating time to Bible engagement … In his book Outliers: The Story of Success*, Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is due to much more than intelligence and ambition. According to Gladwell, one very important factor that enables people to be extremely successful is the amount of time they spend pursuing/practicing a specific activity or pursuit. In […]
Building Connections: Why People Connect With the Bible
Understanding why people connect with the Bible can help us foster deeper engagement with God’s Word. Research provides the following insights: Why people connect with the Bible. Research indicates that the primary factors helping people connect with the Scriptures are: being a committed Christian accessibility and availability of a Bible attending church reading books that […]
Exploring Bible Engagement: Key Posts from JumpIntoTheWord
Exploring Bible engagement … Here are five key posts from JumpIntoTheWord: Why Christians Don’t Read the Bible Yes, you read the title correctly. Research indicates that most Christians don’t read the Bible regularly. Here are their reasons . . . https://www.jumpintotheword.com/2013/08/01/why-christians-dont-read-the-bible/ Bible Engagement in a Digital Age Technology writer Richard Carr suggests that books and […]
How to Read the Bible Holistically: Contemplating the Whole Story
How to read the Bible holistically … Contemplating the whole Story. How do you read the Bible? A little bit of this, a little bit of that? A verse here, a verse there? Some folk slice and dice it – treat it like a piecemeal diet. What about you? Is your Bible reading just the […]
New Year Resolutions: Improving Your Bible Reading
Improving your Bible reading … The beginning of a new year signals a new start. Many of us get freshly motivated to do better than the previous year. Christians often think about how they can improve their Bible reading. The trouble is they tried that last year and the year before, and when they hit […]
Letting the Scriptures Speak: Read the Bible For What It Truly Is
Letting the Scriptures speak … Read the Bible for what it truly is. In 1992, I attended a two-week graduate course on Relief and Development at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in the USA. During the opening session, the professor asked the group of fifty or so students to describe how they pictured God. With few exceptions, […]
Defining Bible Engagement
Defining Bible engagement. Defining Bible engagement … Building on biblical, theological, historical, and cultural insights, and utilizing relational and interactional language, here’s a working definition of Bible engagement: The process whereby people are connected with the Bible such that they have meaningful encounters with Jesus Christ and their lives are progressively transformed in Him. To […]
The Stakes are High: National Bible Bee Scripture Memorization Challenge
The National Bible Bee … The stakes are high. Every year since 2008, nearly 6,000 American elementary and high school children have pitted themselves against each other in a spelling-bee-style competition known as the National Bible Bee. For several months, students participate in online tests and exams in the hope of being selected as one […]