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Engaging with Scripture

Bible Reading

Bible Reading Plan for Scripture Engagement

30 days of readings for Scripture Engagement
Scripture engagement is about meeting God. It is a relational process. When you come to Scriptures, are you meditating on them, letting them be on your heart, talking about them, letting them be planted in your life, looking at them…
Richard
March 1, 2014
Bible Reading

Community Bible Experience

Reading Big, Reading in Context, Reading Together
Nothing is more important to church vitality—and personal spiritual growth—than a deep, sustained connection with the Bible. Community Bible Experience combines three different approaches to reading the Bible: 1. Reading Big — Participants read the entire New Testament (or large…
Richard
November 26, 2013
Bible ReadingDigital

Bible Engagement in a Digital Age

Lawson Murray (2013)
In the Jump Into the Word blog, Lawson Murray asks how the digital age will influence Bible engagement. He makes a list of possible effects: "the Bible will be read in multiple formats in an ever emerging variety of forms…
Richard
November 11, 2013
AdvocacyBible Study

IFES Scripture Engagement

International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
"Scripture engagement is about all of life. It is listening and responding to God’s Word alone and together with others. It is digesting and living out the Word in every relationship and circumstance. It is unashamedly and competently sharing God’s…
Richard
July 25, 2013
CultureMusic and WorshipUnderstanding Scripture

Early engagements with the Bible among the Gogo people of Tanzania

Historical and hermeneutical study of ordinary "readers" transactions with the Bible.
Mote Paulo Magomba (2004)
Abstract: This study falls within the area of the Bible in African Christianity, particularly ordinary readers' appropriation of and interpretation of the Bible. It seeks to explore, firstly, the processes of the encounter between the Bible and the indigenous people…
Richard
June 12, 2013
Bible ReadingDigital

theStory – from Scripture Union Canada

A Bible reading guide reflecting a Canadian perspective
theStory is a free online chronological Bible reading guide that emphasizes the biblical narrative. It employs the Scripture Union Canada threefold Bible study methodology called the 3R’s: reading (Scripture text), reflection (commentary on the text), and response (prayer birthed from…
Richard
May 24, 2013
Bible PreachingLeadership Training

Key Terms of the Bible Course

A Student's Manual for Scripture Use
Edna Headland (2013)
Pastors who have studied in a language other than their mother tongue can have difficulty using the local language Scriptures. When they preach, they sometimes borrow words from the language in which they studied, rather than thinking about the word…
Richard
February 13, 2013
Bible StudyCulture

“So the living interaction proceeds”

The contextual approach, from the Willowbank Report
From the Willowbank Report: Consultation on Gospel and Culture, under the heading 'Understanding God's Word Today: The Contextual Approach': Today's readers cannot come to the text in a personal vacuum, and should not try to. Instead, they should come with…
Richard
September 27, 2012
Bible Reading

The Story

Read the Story. Experience the Bible.
What is 'The Story'? It is both a book and a campaign. The book is an abridged version of the NIV Bible, arranging the Biblical narrative in chronological order in 31 chapters. Bridging paragraphs with some explanation are included between…
Richard
May 25, 2012