Month: February 2019

Take your time: Read, Listen, Pray, Ask

It took me just over a year to read the Bible through the first time. I remember clearly the next Sunday at church. After service I went up for prayer to a man I had barely just met.

“How can I pray with you?”, he said.

I was as honest as I could be. “I just finished reading the Bible. I don’t get it. I really just don’t get it. I know it’s important, but I just don’t get it.”

Not only did he pray for me, he encouraged with a few key things: Continue reading “Take your time: Read, Listen, Pray, Ask”

Three Phases to Interpretation

The truth is, we interpret things every day. Every time we read something we interpret what we are reading. We don’t even realize when we are doing it. This is the good and the bad with interpreting the Bible.

What is the most common question people ask after reading the Bible? It is a very reasonable and important question. Are you ready for it? Here it is: Continue reading “Three Phases to Interpretation”

Observation – Spectacles of Bible Reading

Last week I introduced a series called 4 steps to effective Bible reading. The four steps I will cover are: Observation, Interpretation, Application and Communication. Today is all about step 1 – Observation – finding out what the Bible says.

Observation is kind of like the spectacles of Bible study.

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