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...
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Daily Bible Reading: The Real Point
Church people like to talk about reading the Bible. And the talk isn’t all that helpful. So what’s the real point of daily Bible reading? Building Relationship To maintain a relationship–with friends, colleagues, business contacts, or family members–we have to talk to each other. We have to make time to connect and communicate. Some...
Daily Bible Study
I think one of the most important things we can do is daily Bible study. Not everyone will agree with me, of course. And that’s fine. But I think, even if you don’t have much of a faith or religion, there are a lot of benefits to reading the Bible every day. And if...
Complaining
This is a Modern Flannelgraph post. The book of Numbers is a great place to learn about complaining. Sure, Numbers probably isn’t really top of your list for daily Bible reading. I get that. It’s in the Old Testament (and all the good stuff’s in the New Testament, right?). It’s in the Pentateuch. (That’s the...
The Modern Flannelgraph
I grew up in Sunday School many years ago. Back then, flannelgraphs was a part of life. For those who never saw one, a flannelgraph board is a storytelling device. It usually had a basic background, perhaps an exterior scene, made of flannel (thus the name) and included other flannel scenes that could be pulled...