Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1090 Prayer and Scripture are inseparable companions in the Christian life. Just as a conversation requires both speaking and listening, so our relationship with God involves both prayer (our speaking to Him) and Scripture (His speaking to us). Understanding how these two essential disciplines relate to one another transforms both our Bible reading and…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1092 The word “meditation” can make some Christians nervous. In our culture, it’s often associated with Eastern religions—emptying the mind, achieving altered states of consciousness, or connecting with some impersonal spiritual force. But biblical meditation is something entirely different. Far from emptying the mind, it involves filling the mind with God’s Word and chewing…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1094 Walk into any church today and you’ll see a mixture: some people holding leather-bound Bibles, others scrolling on their phones. This has sparked considerable debate among Christians. Is there something lost when we read Scripture on a screen? Does it matter whether our Bible has pages or pixels? While Scripture doesn’t directly address…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1095 The rise of audiobooks has reached the Bible, with professionally produced audio Bibles now readily available through apps, websites, and streaming services. Many Christians have embraced them enthusiastically, listening during commutes, workouts, or household tasks. But questions arise: Is listening to Scripture as spiritually beneficial as reading it? Does audio engagement with the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1056 Scripture memorisation is one of those spiritual disciplines that Christians often feel guilty about neglecting. We know we probably should do it, but life gets busy, memory feels unreliable, and we wonder if it really matters when we can just look up verses on our phones. Yet the Bible itself speaks powerfully about…