Reading the Bible
Reading the Scriptures. “Focus on reading the Scriptures …” 1 Timothy 4:13. Reading the Bible should be for the Christian what eating and drinking is for the common man. So, what’s involved with reading the Bible? Is it snacking on a verse daily, digesting a book in one sitting, or something else? While a verse […]
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
In How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, the authors, Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, equip the reader with an excellent guide on how to study each genre of Scripture and read it intelligently. It’s one of my top ten Bible engagement books. Here are some tidbits from the first two chapters: […]
Eat This Book
Eugene Peterson, author of The Message (an idiomatic translation of the Bible in contemporary language) has, as would be expected, much to say about how we read the Bible. In Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, he challenges us to read the Scriptures on God’s terms and to live them […]
How Not To Read The Bible
How not to read the Bible … “Reading the Bible, if we do not do it rightly, can get us into a lot of trouble” Eugene Peterson. We’ve all been taught how to read (though my daughter insists that she taught herself!), and we all read with similar preconditioned dynamics deeply ingrained in how we […]
Thinking About Bible Engagement Thinking
Thinking about Bible engagement thinking … This post is compiled with Bible ministry colleagues in mind. It’s for people working in the fields of Bible preaching, Bible translation, Bible publishing, Bible storying, Bible study, Bible teaching, Bible resource development, and Bible engagement. Here are ten primers to get us thinking about our thinking: The entertainment […]
Saving the Bible From Ourselves
In the book Saving the Bible from Ourselves, the author, Glenn R. Paauw, observes how the Bible has “fallen” and needs to be “saved”. To this end, he constructs a model for discovering (or rediscovering) Bible engagement in the context of the Christian community. In so doing, he argues for a new form of Bible […]
Helping Children Read The Bible
Helping children read the Bible … Parents sometimes ask me, “How can we help our children read the Bible?” This is a great question. It recognizes that one of the most important things we can do for our children is help them meet with God and learn His ways. And more, when children get into […]
Twenty Thought-Provoking Comments On Bible Engagement
Twenty thought-provoking comments on Bible engagement, presented in no particular order: “For most Christians in the First World the Bible remains a closed book, a Pandora’s Box of isolated and unrelated proof texts, or what is worse – an individualistic invitation to hang out with a cool dude called Jesus. There have to be better […]
How To Strengthen Your Bible Engagement
How to strengthen your Bible engagement … To know God and be godly, we must know God’s Word intimately. Here are ten things you can do to improve your engagement with the Bible: Use reading plans. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Benjamin Franklin. Check out Bible Gateway for a great […]
How to Receive God’s Word: Insights From James 1:19-21
How to receive God’s Word … My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, and […]