When we read Psalm 1, we are immediately tempted to see ourselves in the blessed man. We reason something like this: the blessed one does not do so-and-so things, and so I need to avoid them. On the other hand, he does this-and-that, and so I should try to do them, and then I’ll be like that tree planted by the streams of water.
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I will borrow Andrew Davis’s method and simply give it to you as he gives it in his booklet. It’s the method I use. Sample daily procedure: The following is an example of how someone could go about memorizing Ephesians at the rate of one verse per day: 1) Day one: Read Ephesians 1:1 out…
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Indeed, it is absolutely essential, after coming to faith in Christ, to be radically, deeply, experientially devoted—unshakably, unwaveringly persuaded—that reading and meditating on and understanding and memorizing and enjoying the Scriptures is absolutely essential for the Christian life.
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We prioritize daily Bible reading because without it we fail to achieve life’s great purpose: “to make God in Christ look magnificent—to make him look precious and valuable, to look like the supreme treasure that he is”.
Read More SharePaul is writing a letter to the Philippians. Just like when we get a letter in real life, we would have to read the whole thing to grasp the full import of the author’s meaning/intent. We must interpret each verse in light of the entire letter.
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What do you see when you picture Jonah in the great fish’s belly? Chances are, like me, you envision a rather big stomach large enough for a boat to fit in, with way more room for a large man and a little boy to also fit comfortably in rather than a squashed-up Jonah pressed against the digestive tract of the great fish.
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If you’re like me, you’ve not heard many sermons on interpreting the Bible accurately – I can’t recall a single one in all my years of church attendance. Every Christian is expected to be a student of the Bible, yet we are not taught how to approach our study of God’s Word. Somehow, it is assumed that we’ll just figure it out ourselves. Consequently, most Christians frequently…
Read More ShareStill today God speaks, although there is some disagreement in the church as to how he does so. The principal way in which God speaks to us today is through Scripture, as the church in every generation has recognized.
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But to expect the sick to be healed and the dead to be raised as regularly as we expect sinners to be forgiven, is to stress the “already” at the expense of the “not yet,” for it is to anticipate the resurrection. Not till then will our bodies be entirely rid of disease and death.
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“Tolle, lege! Tolle, lege!” (“Take up and read; take up and read”). These are the words of St. Augustine recounting his conversion in his most popular work, Confessions, where, in a state of weeping and brokenness of heart, he hears a voice echoing from the neighbouring house to pick up his Bible and read. Augustine…
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