What you need for effective Bible reading is actually a very short list. You don’t need a bunch of background information (to start, anyway). And you don’t need to do it “right.” But it is necessary to have three simple things. What You Need: The Bible This one should probably be obvious, but it...
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Daily Bible Study: Two Mistakes
I’ve talked a good bit about the mistake of thinking about reading the Bible with a checklist mentality. Today I’m going to introduce two mistakes people make when they think about Bible study. Both of these mistakes keep us from reading our Bibles. They discourage us and mix us up and keep us from...
Something on Sunday
I don’t actually have anything to say today. I suppose that’s okay…it’s hard to write every single day. But here’s the recap of our regular Sunday: Church was good this morning. Every so often, we do what Pastor Geoff calls a “multi-voice” service where people share what they’ve got to share. Today Geoff shared...
Saturday Progress Report
With just short of one month until the wedding in our backyard, we are slowly chipping away at the to-do list. Today, Eric (with Alan’s help) put up the last two courses of the retaining wall, which means the giant stair/wall project in the backyard is about 2/3 done. Probably 10 more steps to...
Bible Study: Checklists and Consequences
Full disclosure for the day: I have not done my real “bible study” for like three days this week. I went easier routes, and I skipped a couple of days, too. Which got me thinking today about checklists and consequences. I’ve made a pretty big point about how reading our Bibles like it’s a...