Saturday, January 27, 2007

Tips for Reading Scripture

Great Post on the ESV Bible Blog containing some good tips for how to best read scripture. We live in a pretty bible ignorant time. Anything to making our reading of Scripture more lasting, meaingful and insightful is a good thing. Check it out.

“I read Scripture as a grand story, the story of Redemption. When all of Scripture is read in this way, we will not see the individual stories as moral lessons or as mere examples of what to do and what not to do in life.”

“The purpose of Scripture is not that we become holy. The purpose of Scripture is to know this Triune God Who has revealed Himself in Scripture. Becoming holy is a byproduct of knowing God through Christ.”