How to Pray for Your Nation: Wisdom from God’s Word
It’s a common question: “Where are you from?” Many of us have spent our whole lives in the nations we call home, while others are building new lives far from their birthplace. None of us can choose where we are born or the blessings or challenges that come with living there. For Christians, the question “Where are you from?”…
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A Contrarian Bible Study Method
I’ve been reading a couple of books on the history of the Bible in America. I’m not finished, so no book reviews yet, but I want to share an impression. Biblical illiteracy is not new. Nor is the tendency to make the Bible into a good-luck charm, more enshrined than encountered, more shelved than searched. And the people in past…
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How to Invite People into the Bible’s Story
Research shows a marked increase over the last seven years in Americans rejecting the Bible. We need to be better at inviting people to engage with the Bible’s story. Here are four tactics we can use to increase Bible engagement. 1. Admit Your Faults Hypocrisy is one deep-rooted reason many people object to Christianity. They see Christians living hypocritical lives…
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How to Train Leaders in Bible Engagement
The more seasoned they were as Bible readers, the harder they were to convince. This was my experience as a pastor. Our small team of church staffers had a conviction. Not only did we want to emphasize Bible reading, but we also hoped to introduce Bible engagement to our church of more than 6,000. So we were promoting an eight-week…
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How to Open the Bible to Seniors
Having just completed a verse-by-verse study of John’s Gospel, I announced to the group that the next week we would start a new study in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Tom asked, “What page?” Tom was brand-new to Bible study, and learning all the time. His excitement about the Scriptures has invigorated this group, which meets every Saturday…
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How to Tell the Whole Story of the Bible
When my great-uncle Hubert Mitchell shared the gospel with native people in the jungles of Sumatra, back in 1940, he got stuck at the most important part. They had no idea what a cross was, so he cut down two trees and tied them together. He stretched himself out on that cross and described how the soldiers pounded nails into…
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How to Study the Book of Revelation
I have chosen a new subject for a Bible study group I lead. The book of Revelation. This was not my first choice. In fact, I opposed it quite strenuously. “You think Revelation will reveal secrets,” I told the group, “but it will only confuse you more. You will bicker over trivial interpretations. You will unfurl your charts and expound…
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