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Many believers and even non-believers have read the Bible, but how many people actually understand? How many people retained everything they read? How many people actually read the footnotes or cross referenced verses in other books or chapters? There is some amazing stuff hidden in the pages of the Bible, as well as some stuff most people would like to pretend isn't there.
When I took History of the Old Testament in college, the professor had us read each verse aloud, and then he would point out things within the verse or ask us questions about the what we had just read, often getting into things much deeper than I ever learned in Church. I was an inquisitive or knowledge seeking Christian before I took that class, but the class itself taught me a new way to study God's Word.
In early 2015, as I was writing a series of posts on the book of Daniel for my regular blog, I began to wonder when the last time I had read the Bible in sequence as opposed to specific books or chapters. I didn't want to just read it though, I wanted to study like I did in my college class. Some people keep a prayer journal, I keep a Bible journal—its full of notes and quotes from the Bible, thoughts I have while reading, questions, and historical or scientific agreements and disagreements. Recently, I've decided that I should post it online. Many of the posts detail summaries and point out interesting facts or misconceptions about the chapters I've read (I'll update as I go), while some concern the history and origins of things related to Christianity.
Hosea 4:6 KJV says "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
When I took History of the Old Testament in college, the professor had us read each verse aloud, and then he would point out things within the verse or ask us questions about the what we had just read, often getting into things much deeper than I ever learned in Church. I was an inquisitive or knowledge seeking Christian before I took that class, but the class itself taught me a new way to study God's Word.
In early 2015, as I was writing a series of posts on the book of Daniel for my regular blog, I began to wonder when the last time I had read the Bible in sequence as opposed to specific books or chapters. I didn't want to just read it though, I wanted to study like I did in my college class. Some people keep a prayer journal, I keep a Bible journal—its full of notes and quotes from the Bible, thoughts I have while reading, questions, and historical or scientific agreements and disagreements. Recently, I've decided that I should post it online. Many of the posts detail summaries and point out interesting facts or misconceptions about the chapters I've read (I'll update as I go), while some concern the history and origins of things related to Christianity.
Hosea 4:6 KJV says "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."