It is Bible reading time!

I pass out Bible reading schedules every year on the last Sunday of the year. It is a blessing to see people enthusiastically take up the project each year. Last year I published an article here on P&D called “Bible Reading and Vain Vows.” How did you do with your vows of Bible reading last…

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Is Reading the Bible like Eating Desert Dust to You?

Since 1992 it has been my privilege to read through my Bible in various translations every year. Sometimes it is straight through from cover to cover. Sometimes it is chronologically. Sometimes I have had the time to do it twice or three times in a year. I try to read the KJV every other time…

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Bible Reading and Vain Vows

Every year around the first Sunday of the year, I pass out Bible reading schedules to the people of our church. I had it in my head that I did the same thing here on P&D each year, but in searching for it I found the last one was posted at the beginning of 2020.…

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MY BIBLE

Just days before Christmas of 1970, a package arrived at my home, addressed to me.  As a child, of course, I received very little mail, so to have a parcel arrive with my name on it was very exciting.  I had started to tear open the brown paper to find out what was inside the…

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Bible

Every evangelical church I’m aware of places its belief regarding the Bible first in its Statement of Faith.  Article I of our church’s confession says: We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the very Word of God: the product of the breath of God and thus verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without…

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The Global Pandemic of Biblical Illiteracy

Every day there are new headlines spotlighting the Coronavirus pandemic across the world. Our news feeds are flooded with stories, statistics, and opinions about what is going on. No doubt, every church in our country, and around the world, is making decisions that, in some way, have the virus in mind. Pastors who are worth…

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The Hero of the Story is Always God

Everybody loves a good story, and Scripture has some of the best. Try to read through the story of Esther without laughing at the ironies. Try to read through the account of the man born blind (John 9) without crying. Or even better, trying reading out loud through a story with dialogue like Daniel 2,…

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Mind the Story: A Bible Reading Lesson from Ron Horton

Review: Alive to the Purpose: The Readerly Reading of Scripture (Greenville, SC: JourneyForth, 2020) Reviewed by Brendon Johnson If the Bible is the rule of the Christian faith, every Christian should know what it says. Furthermore, listening to preaching is not enough; your pastor is not going to tell you everything in the Bible. You…

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Bible Reading Challenges from Local Church Pastors

My tradition as a local church pastor is to emphasize Bible Reading as a Christian discipline. Each year around the New Year, I preach on the topic and hand out various Bible reading schedules. Lately, I’ve provided these schedules here on P&D as well. You will find links for our schedules at the end of…

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My Yearly Bible Reading Journey

Some years ago, I began an epic journey. I started reading through the Bible every year. During my senior year in college, reading through the Bible once per year had become a requirement for Bible majors. I was a church music major, so that requirement didn’t apply to me, but it did catch my attention.…

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