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Memorizing and Meditating on God’s Word
Memorizing God’s Word Many Christians look on the spiritual discipline of memorizing God’s Word as...
Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves from Word of God
Every single one of us has days where we want to lay down on our bed, put our head in our pillow...
The Importance of Daily Bible Reading for Spiritual Growth
Whenever I write or speak about the need for Christians to daily read their Bible, I almost always get some form of pushback. At the heart of most of the pushback, I hear is something along the lines of how I’m making Bible reading a duty rather than a delight. I’ll...
Loving God, Asking Good Questions
In the Great Commandment, the Lord Jesus commands His people in Matthew 22:37-40 to love Him with all of their heart, mind, and strength. This command is repeated multiple times throughout the Gospels and also again by the Apostles; especially the Apostle John in the...
How to Find God’s Signature in the Bible
An Author's Signature Some authors leave marks of their authorship that have nothing to do with the point of their book. That seems to be the case, for example, with the letters of the apostle Paul. He wrote, “I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the...
Have You Ever (Really) Read the Bible?
You Can Be an Expert Bible Reader, and Not Really Read the Bible Probably in Jesus’s day, no one read the Bible more than the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus said, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the...
Spiritual Disciplines for Busy Men
I’ve been a Christian for almost all of my life—35 years—and yet when I see the word “Spiritual disciplines,” I cringe inwardly. Part of this discomfort is my own sinful tendency. I am, as the songwriter says, “Prone to wander.” The other part of my discomfort,...
Daily Scripture Reading: The Constant Change
Our habits form us. And I know of no ritual or habit more powerful in this world than daily Scripture reading. Throughout our lives, we will change. We are not the same person today that we were yesterday. And we will not be the same person tomorrow that we are today....