{"id":4368,"date":"2013-05-02T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2013-05-02T08:41:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:41:55","slug":"help-for-reading-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/help-for-reading-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Help For Reading the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday morning’s sermon, “Like Newborn Infants…<\/a>” was about our need for the Bible. We need the Bible like infants need milk. This requires the devotion of our time to actually reading our Bibles.<\/p>\n

Few people could say that same thing better than D.A. Carson. Here’s an excerpt from his book, Love in Hard Places<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Christians must recapture the Bible-reading habits of some earlier generations. . . . The impact of the cultural pressures upon us, not least from the media, is so devastatingly great that only a mind steeped in thinking God’s thoughts after him will begin to withstand the onslaught. What this demands of every believer who can red is devoted,\u00c2\u00a0reverent\u00c2\u00a0 disciplined reading and rereading of the Word of God, a reading discharged in an attitude of eager attentiveness. And what such reading\u00c2\u00a0presupposes\u00c2\u00a0is time. I am not trying to impose a new legalism. I am sadly aware that it is possible to read the Bible a gerat deal and merely become self-righteous or wallow in unbelief; but I doubt that it is possible to obey the fist command without reading the Bible a great deal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this post we would like to link to a number of helpful articles, books, and resources for helping you read your Bible better. Each book mentioned below is available at Amazon, with a link provided, but also at DSC within a dollar or two of Amazon pricing at the Book Nook.<\/p>\n

Bibles and Bible Study Helps<\/strong><\/p>\n