It was really valuable to attempt to read the entire Bible in a given year.

We talked about that last time, but we also need to go deep in particular passages too,

which leads to today's question from Mark in New Brunswick, Canada.

Dear Pastor John, I've just finished reading your latest book, Reading the Bible Super

Naturally.

And while I found it delightful and challenging in some respects, in other respects I found

it overwhelming.

Some of the deeper methods you mentioned in the book, like sentence, diagramming, and

arcing, seem to be very time consuming.

And I'm wondering how to incorporate some of these into my already very busy life.

Working as an office professional for over 50 hours per week, plus having a family, plus

being involved in various leadership functions within my local church, I wonder about my

time constraints.

And do you ever just read the Bible devotionally without getting into all the sentence

diagramming and digging and arcing you mentioned in the book?

Is there a more common approach you take in your daily devotional reading each morning?

The answer is yes, yes, I do read the Bible devotionally like that.

I think I understand what you mean like that every day without getting into the actual

diagramming and arcing on paper or online, although once you've done enough analyzing

of that sort over the decades, it happens fairly automatically in your head.

And yes, there is a way that I approach the scriptures daily in this more devotional

fashion.

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