In Sunday's
sermon I spoke of the great gift of the Bible in the most compelling way I'm
capable of... Watch it here!
My primal
thoughts were 1. Any time we read the Bible, God is pleased. I like that: if I
can do something that I know will please God, I want to do it daily. And 2. The
way to think like Jesus is to read what Jesus read and talked about all the
time, namely the Scriptures.
The Bible is
itself a library of 66 books, wildly divergent in style and tone, best read in
sips than in huge gulps. You benefit from having a plan, or a guide, or being in
a group. I once had a lawyer tell me he couldn't understand the Bible. I
snickered a little - as attorneys devise complex documents only other attorneys
can comprehend. My grandfather, with an eighth grade education, wore out a
couple of Bibles, reading, understanding, adoring, obeying.
Where to begin?
Go to this page and click on Year Through the
Bible, a series I did
highlighting the key passages you need to be familiar with. There's more info on
that page as well. Or ask around, research it a little - or just start reading
Mark, or John, or the Psalms, or Philippians: every page beautiful, moving,
helpful, and holy. This is the way to think like Jesus.
