In another blog, I mentioned that prayer is hard work, and indeed it is. For many of us, stilling our minds to quietly focus on any one thing is difficult enough, and when you add the reality of spiritual warfare – with the devil doing all he can to keep us from praying – the task … Read More
We recently completed an election cycle in our area, and our phone rang often with recorded messages from candidates and endorsers of candidates soliciting our vote. While the recording featured the voice of the candidate, and even though the candidate did at one time speak the message to which I listened, it would be misnomer … Read More
One of the most important things we can do to strengthen our walk with Jesus is to engage in an intentional regular time of personal prayer, but it is often one of the most difficult challenges in our Christian experience. We WANT a consistent personal prayer time, we know we NEED a consistent personal prayer, but HAVING … Read More
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In my last blog, I wrote about the thoughts I have been having after my 59th birthday. (You can go back and read it by clicking here.) As I mentioned in that blog, my dad died at 73. If I life the same life span as he, I have about 14 years left. I hope I live a lot … Read More
This weekend, I celebrated my 59th birthday. The beginning of my last year in the 50s. In case you’re wondering (and even if you aren’t), that is 34,456,000,000 miles around the Sun. Yes over 34 billion – with a B. That’s a lot of mileage. No wonder I am so tired all the time! But like my dad always said, … Read More
Previously, we have looked at how to observe a Bible text to understand “what” it meant and means. We also looked at how to find the “so what” application for the days and time in which we live. Today, we wrap up the process by considering the “now what” – our response to what we observed and … Read More
In my last article, we looked at the need to begin our Bible study with an observation of the passage. Observation answers the question what those who first experienced, heard, or read what we just read understood it to mean. Careful observation helps us to understand the passage in its various contexts, and context is king in Bible … Read More
I hope that you are finding these posts on personal Bible study helpful. Today, we are going to look more practically at the first step of personal Bible study. I call this observation. In this step we look at WHAT a passage is actually saying to the people addressed in their context. Remember, context is king. Many people mistakenly apply what they think … Read More
My previous post addressed the importance of a template to help us stay on track with personal Bible study. Today, I’ll share some considerations and tools that help us get the most out of our study. To gain insight into Biblical truth, we want to ask three basic questions of the passage we are studying. The first … Read More
