Destination - Reading for Knowledge

Reading Scripture:

Why is knowledge important?

In support of nurture - having our souls shaped by biblical truth.

In support of obedience - knowing and obeying what God has commanded.

In support of wisdom - seeing and understanding the world around us through the lends of God’s truth.

Strategies:

Bible reading plans.

Reading one short book or section of a longer book over and over.

Reading a whole book in one setting.

Audio

Study a passage in depth.

Observe - Interpret - Apply

Study Bibles and commentaries.

Reading Christian Books:

Books are like friends, good and bad. But how do I know what is good?

Is it on the Christian best-seller list?

Not sure? Ask a pastor or spiritual mentor about it, or for suggestions.

Beware of ‘moralistic-therapeutic-deism’.

Do I have time to read?!?

Reading before bed/

Read with discernment: does it make much of you or of God?

Publisher:

Is reading really that important?!? Five reasons:

Why reinvent the wheel? Someone else has already had the same experiences or asked the same questions.

If you choose well, there is an intense amount of encouragement, wisdom, mentor-ship, spiritual growth, etc.

If you choose well, there is an intense amount of encouragement, wisdom, mentor-ship, spiritual growth, etc. to be found in good Christian books.

You can be friends with Augustine of Hippo or Charles Spurgeon or Stephen Wellum.

Good books teach you to think well about God and his works.

Books interact with you at a deeper level than social media or blogs:

They encourage thinking vs. the reaction encouraged by blogs/facebook posts.

Ready access to information vs. slowly digested life of wisdom.

A highly impactful book can be passed on when a long conversation can’t happen

Do I have time to read?!?

Audio books while driving or doing chores

Reading before bed/instead of screen time.

Take one when you know there will be down time.

Read as a family or couple