Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4189. There is a world of difference between reading the Bible and meeting God in it, and that difference is the whole point when we ask how the Spirit makes Scripture come alive during devotional reading. You can sit down with the same chapter on two mornings running. One day the words lie flat…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 0040. It sounds wonderfully humble to say that you just want to read the Bible without theology, taking the plain words at face value and leaving all the systems and arguments to the academics. I have heard it many times, often from sincere believers who are weary of theological squabbling. Yet the more I…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1128 Passing faith to the next generation is one of the most important things Christian parents do. And central to that task is helping our children love God’s Word. We want them not merely to know about the Bible but to treasure it, to turn to it naturally, to find in it the wisdom…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1126 When it comes to reading the Bible, people often wonder about the best approach. Should you start at Genesis and read straight through to Revelation? Should you jump around to different books as the Spirit leads? Should you follow a reading plan that mixes Old and New Testament? There’s no single right answer…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1127 You started January with good intentions. A Bible reading plan. This would be the year you finally read through the whole thing. February came, and you missed a few days. March, you tried to catch up but fell further behind. By April, you gave up. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Failed reading plans…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1123 Every Christian goes through seasons when Bible reading feels like a duty rather than a delight. The pages seem flat. The words don’t come alive. We know we should want to read Scripture, but honestly, we’d rather do almost anything else. If that’s where you are, you’re not alone, and it doesn’t mean…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1125 Let’s be honest: when you hit one of those long lists of names in the Bible, “And so-and-so begat so-and-so, who begat so-and-so,” your eyes may start to glaze over. Some of those genealogies go on for pages. Is it okay to skip them? Won’t God be disappointed if you don’t read every…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1124 You’re reading your Bible and you hit a passage that makes no sense. You read it twice, maybe three times, and you’re still confused. What do you do? Give up? Skip it? Pretend you understood it? This is a common experience, and it shouldn’t discourage you. The Bible is a deep book, written…