Three Tips (for now) for Reading, Understanding, and Responding to the Bible
Memorize
I’ve got to be joking, right? You thought your memorization days were over when you finally go through your times tables, didn’t you? Well, not if you want to do something to bring your understanding of the Bible to the next level.
I’ll put it out there right from the jump—of all the things you could do to help your ability to read, understand, and respond to the Bible, memorizing it will demand the most from you. It takes hard work to memorize a verse, and even more to memorize 20, but that hard work pays off big time not only once you get that section memorized, but as you memorize.
Exploring the Bible 2023!
We don't talk about covenants much in our day-to-day lives, but they are integral for understanding the biblical storyline and what part of that story you and I find ourselves.
Exploring the Bible: The Life of Jesus in the Gospels
There seems to be no end to the books that have been and will be written about Jesus. Which is, of course, what John tells us at the end of his gospel: “…I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written” (Jn. 21:25b).
Sometimes the Greek is Different Than the Hebrew
When the New Testament writers quoted the Old Testament, their quotations didn’t always come from the original Hebrew/Aramaic. In fact, somewhere between 90-95% of the time, their quotations came from one of the Greek translations of the Hebrew/Aramaic Old Testament.
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What is the Bible? Is it a rulebook? A theological textbook on God? A manual for how to live your life in order to get the best things out of it?