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Oops! Password Protect Blunder and A One Year Bible Study Sample
As I was preparing my lesson for people who want to read the bible in a year I inadvertently published the lesson as a post. Even though I removed it, my email subscribers got sent a link to a blank page asking for a password. I apologize for the blunder. However, afterwards the thought occurred to me that some of you may be sitting on the fence about the one year bible reading plan. May be you didn’t see it until after the year started and are feeling it’s too late or you just haven’t made a decision. Either way I thought you might change your mind if you got to see a sample of one of the lessons. So, below is a copy of the … Read entire article »
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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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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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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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Applying Rules of Creativity to Your Bible Reading, Even If You Think You are Creatively Challenged
I was reading an article about Joey Reihman’s book, Thinking for a Living. Reihman describes being creative as having four stages. Investigation–Detect, study, explore, gather Incubation–The longest stage, quantity over quality, can involve blending, traveling, polarizing, walking, meditating, praying and sharing Illumination–The editing of stage two, illuminate the big idea, the “Aha!” moment Illustration–Portray and personify the big idea, design, create I read this process and immediately thought, this sounds very much like the process I try to follow when writing a sermon. It is a fitting general prescription for Bible reading as well. I had never really thought about my general Bible reading as a creative process, but really it is. Each time we read we should strive to manifest the word as a living reality in our lives. That is truly … Read entire article »
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Creating Sacred Space While Traveling
Summer months for many people include travel. I find that travel can present some challenges to maintaining my normal routines for prayer and Bible reading, but they are not insurmountable. Yesterday, I drove to our church camp to serve as a chaplain for a couple of days with our camp staff who are going through training. When I got to my room, the first thing I did was set up my devotional … Read entire article »
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