Does your personal Bible time needs some encouragement? Let these tips serve as a booster to spark some inspiration and motivation for the most important thing you can do in a day: listen to God through His Word. 1. Start a Quest Meaningful Bible study is hard to achieve with a casual or haphazard … [Read more...]
The Power of a Word
It was shortly after dinner that I received a panicked message from one of my students. “I think I might be fired from my job.” It seems that he had gotten into a bad situation with his employer over some things he had been posting on social media. In that moment the reality settled in that there wasn’t much he could do to take … [Read more...]
Millennials’ View of the Bible: Good News and Bad News
The Barna Group completed a survey last fall of over 1,000 “millennials” (defining the group as age 18-30) on their view of the Bible. Given the attack on the Bible over the past few years, the results are actually encouraging with regard to believing Millennials (that’s the good news), but discouraging with regard to … [Read more...]
Knowledge vs. Obedience: Is Bible Study Making Me a Better Person?
Consider this question as a thought exercise. Would a discipleship program be viable if it focused only on obedience? Suppose you collected 20 commands from the New Testament (maybe 10 external commands like “look after orphans and widows” and 10 internal commands such as “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility…”) … [Read more...]
A Moment for Holy Wow
Stop what you’re doing. Take 10 minutes to breathe in a verse of God’s Word, Ephesians 2:10. Consider it a personal flash mob devotional moment. There is some Wow to be had in this verse. First the whole verse, then we’ll step into it phrase-by-phrase. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus … [Read more...]
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