Category: ReadYourBible
The book of Ruth is about life as we know it. Life under the judgment of God. Life where there isn't always enough food. Life lived far from God and alienated from His blessing. Life lived homeless and surrounded by enemies. Life lived with death on every...
It took me 12 years of being a Christian and 6 years of seminary to figure out why it is that we read the Bible. But I think I get it. Okay, let's say I tentatively get a piece of it.
Too often we think we read the Bible to understand it. We spend great amounts of time learning how to...
One reason we don't enjoy the Bible is we don't have strong enough imaginations. I once showed the movie Prince of Egypt to a group of high school students after we had spent some time studying the book of Exodus. When we got to the part where the pillar of fire comes down between...