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My Big Bible Reading Blunder
I try to enter every day with what I call my ‘Big Five’ list. I use to sit down and write out a bottomless list of meetings, commitments, tasks, and sundry chores that needed attention. The list was never realistic. So, it was demoralizing when I never finished. Far too many items got carried over than I care to admit. One day, I realized that what I was doing was idiotic. I decided to limit … Read entire article »
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Inductive Bible Study Links Fixed
In a prior post I had recommended an inductive bible study method by the campus ministry Stumo and I had links to there handouts. I recently revisited my post and discovered that the links in the post and on my resource page were broken. Seems Stumo decided to rework their site which left my links dangling with nothing on the other end. Well, the links are fixed and I have copies of the method stored on my … Read entire article »
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Bible Study and Worship Tips: What to Look for in a Sermon or Passage
I have encouraged readers in recent posts to take notes when listening to a sermon and to set goals for responding. I thought it may be helpful though if I offered some suggestions as to what to look or listen for. When I am either doing bible study or listening to a sermon I listen for what I call three basic callings. They are principles, tasks and changes. Principles or life lessons are … Read entire article »
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3 More Tips to Give You An Exceptional Experience of Sunday Morning
If you went to worship yesterday, do you remember what was preached? How much of the sermon can you recall today? Last week I posted an article on 6 ways to bring a sermon home. Those tips were things to do during worship to help you get more out of worship. If you really want to take a sermon home, you don’t want to stop there. Here are three tips to practice on … Read entire article »
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6 Ways To Take a Sermon Home
This past Sunday I got to be in the pew for a change. I see a lot of people being passive in worship. Here are 6 strategies I use when I am priviledged to be in the pews to insure that I am responsive to what is preached. BYOB. Bring your own Bible. Follow the readings and when appropriate underline, mark or otherwise annotate the text. If you read the Bible with a pencil in hand you … Read entire article »
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The Difficulty with Bible Reading
I was reading a post by Tim Challies on his blog, Challies.com, about personal bible reading. He shared an ugly truth that many Bible study leaders and gurus fail to share. Specifically, that the difficulty with Bible reading is that sometimes it is difficult. Chaillies put it this way… Now I’d like to make a rather practical observation. A general desire to know and to study the Bible does not necessarily mean that we will always be overflowing with enthusiasm to do so. When we say that we desire to study the Bible we can mean two things. We can mean that we spring out of bed in the morning eager to rush to a comfortable chair and spend some time drinking in the Word of God. Though … Read entire article »
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