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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 .
(please click the image below to find out more)

Saturday, June 18, 2016

"hey, look over here!"

Ya know, whenever I see stories like this, I'm in awe of how easily we all can be distracted.

Our culture has perfected the art of getting people to look the wrong way of whatever problem exists.

Whether it's politicians or preachers, we long for the distraction.
And it's so easy.

It's like someone telling the person, whose house is fully engulfed in flames of, someone tells em.. "hey buddy, there's a sale on curtains at target this week.

It's like someone gets shot multiple times and people get upset because a shirt got ruined with bullet holes.

Distractions - we love em.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/06/17/lgbt-activists-enraged-over-beach-patrol-bathroom-email.html

Compare

I'm always looking for examples of comparisons to convey what this blog is all about.
It's tough to explain but when people hear clearly, the difference between methods of preaching, it helps tremendously spot and discern how mindsets get formed after long periods of time (years and decades even) as many are subjected to either one of the other.

In the first audio link, no mention of Jesus at all. Even sounds as if this preacher is angry for some reason.
People say, he loves his congregation by being so harsh.
As I see it, he'd love them more if he'd consistently give them both. God's Law followed by God's gospel.

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=62514230423

Compare this to this video. Jesus and the cross have a more brief appearance in this but it's enough to have the hearer walk away being greatly convicted, of their sin but equally, if not more, rejoicing, over God's gospel.

It's differences are subtle, and that's what makes it so deceiving.