----------------> tryReadNit: 10/31/15

Read Gods Word in context!

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So, how do we know if we are reading the Bible properly? If whenever your reading the Bible and it bothers you and troubles you and sometimes even makes you angry, chances are your beginning to understand it. Hang in there with reading it because the Bible is filled with amazing blessings but to get to them we must travel through some muddy waters.

I guess I began wondering if there were other Christians raised in the church who one day realized decades later that they never really read the Bible . They have no clue what it says. They only know what someone else told them it says.
A funny thing happens when you read Gods Word as it was meant to be read. In context from beginning to end. Cover to cover. You soon discover that what you were told doesn't square with what it actually says.

This blog chronicles my journey from when my eyes began to open since my first time thru the Bible. I examine how so many passages of scripture get twisted to fit someone's agenda. I talk a lot about "context." Quite often I sound critical and judgmental. This cannot be avoided. My goal is to promote discernment. My goal is to encourage others to research what the read and listen to . So many believers have no idea why they believe what they do.
The main idea of this blog is context. Read Gods Word as a book. Not rocket science. It will take some time. It wont happen over night. Comparing what we "thought" the Bible says to what it "actually" says can be frustrating but the blessing of understanding Gods Word in context is worth the effort.
Acts 17:11b

I recently purchased a chronological Bible that I truly love and I think it could help those who struggle reading the Bible .
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Glad to be a turtle

So what do people think of those who might question the motives of the modern visible church?

This video is one of my favorites when considering this.

Actually, it is so sad on so many levels that if one didn't laugh at it they'd cry for days,

A good test to see if your in the right place on any given Sunday

is too consider who the subject is during sermon time.

Preachers begin by saying "it's not about you" and then for the next hour talk about you and the hearer never catches on.

In order to get away with this , the one preaching must inform their hearers that what they are about to say was given to them via the Lord thereby firmly implanting in those sitting in attendance that to question the speaker is to question God Himself.

This is a long time honored tactic. Preachers tell their audiences that there message is from God, or they say "the Lord told me (fill in the blank)

This method will not be going away any time too soon. Hey,if it works, stick with it.

I make no apologies for being a turtle, as portrayed in this clip. Truthfully, the analogy is so adolescent & immature the audience should be severely insulted, but their not and the reasons for that continues to baffle my brain.

TryreadNit!