Engaging with Scripture

Bible Lands as Classroom

The Bible Lands as Classroom series (eight 45 minute DVDs) is an excellent teaching tool for Bible translators, pastors, and people in general who would like to know more about biblical geography, history, and culture. The series was filmed in…

RichardSeptember 18, 2009

Advocacy Bible Reading

25 Ways to Engage the Bible

Of this I am convinced: This side of heaven there is nothing more wonderful we could ever hold in our hands or engage with our minds than God’s Word as given to us in the Bible. The author describes 25…

RichardSeptember 15, 2009

Understanding Scripture

The Drama of Scripture

Many of us have read the Bible as if it was merely a mosaic of little bits - theological bits, moral bits, historical-critical bits, sermon bits, devotional bits, narrative bits. But to read the Bible in such a fragmented way…

RichardSeptember 10, 2009

Bible Reading

One-to-one prayer and Bible reading

If I had to hazard a guess as to how many Christians engage in one-to-one Bible reading and prayer, I would say less than 1%. I have no data on this; it's just a hunch. This seems strange if it…

RichardAugust 31, 2009

Bible Storytelling Women

God and Woman

...where the men focused upon the action in the story and in the broad strokes of doctrinal truth, the women focused upon relationships, feelings and emotions of the story characters as related to themselves, and family structure. There was a…

RichardAugust 31, 2009

Bible Reading

Why Christians Read Their Bibles Poorly

We miss a great deal of the New Testament... because we are so poorly informed about the Old. And the point to make here is that the first readers of these New Testament documents, those whose heirs we have become,…

RichardAugust 20, 2009

Bible Reading Digital

WordLive

WordLive is for people who want to meet with God in fresh ways and to engage with the Bible. WordLive is created and maintained by Scripture Union. At the heart of what we do is to try to present the…

RichardJuly 30, 2009

Meditation and Prayer

Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina

Lectio divina has no goal other than that of being in the presence of God by praying the Scriptures. The reading or listening which is the first step in lectio divina is very different from the speed reading which modern…

RichardJuly 23, 2009

Bible Study

The One Minute Bible Study

Our experience with this approach has been uniformly positive. Men who had neglected their Bibles for years found that this was an achievable goal, and rekindled not only the passion of Bible reading (some never lost it), but also the…

RichardJuly 21, 2009

Bible Reading

Unleashing the Word

"Modern society is awash in words. An auditory tidal wave cascades from our televisions, radios, media players, and the Internet. Today’s distracted worshippers often feel spiritually shortchanged when the Scriptures are spoken without passion and power. This lively and encouraging…

RichardJune 18, 2009

Engaging with Scripture

Bible Lands as Classroom

25 Ways to Engage the Bible

The Drama of Scripture

One-to-one prayer and Bible reading

God and Woman

Why Christians Read Their Bibles Poorly

WordLive

Accepting the Embrace of God: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina

The One Minute Bible Study

Unleashing the Word

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