How Do I Actually Read the Bible? — One Question with BT

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Reading the Bible is a very common—but rarely achieved—goal. Is there a secret to reading the Bible? How do I actually engage with this old book? What are the nuts and bolts of building a Bible reading habit and will it actually influence my life? In this One Question episode, Brian tackles all those questions and more. If you’re setting out to read more of the Bible in 2026, this episode is a push in the right direction.

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0:00.0	2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 to 17 says the word of God is alive and active sharper than any double-edged sword piercing even between bone and marrow actually that's from Hebrews I just misquoted the Bible that's that's not 2nd Timothy 3 16 to 17. Hold on here, hold on here, hold on here, hold on here.
0:23.6	Oh, wow. All scriptures God breathed. There it is. Second Timothy 3, 16 to 17.
0:35.6	Which you could do the mess up first.
0:38.2	And then we'll do that one.
0:40.1	Thank you, that.
1:00.7	Welcome to the aggressive life and welcome the new year. Maybe this is the first podcast you've listened to in 2026. Either way, it's the first podcast I've done in 2026. And as I think
1:10.5	about who the kind of people are who tune into the
1:13.7	aggressive life, we tend to be action-oriented, go-getter type of people. So probably a higher
1:22.5	percentage than the normal percentage of America has set New Year's resolutions, has decided to do certain
1:29.6	things. And maybe also a pretty high percentage set a resolutioner has a goal around reading
1:37.8	the Bible in some way, shape, or form during 2026. Where that's you or not, whether you did a resolution or not, whether you don't have a
1:45.5	specific Bible goal or not, today is about the Bible.
1:49.0	It is a primer to maybe help you have success in this area if you've wanted it in your life.
1:56.5	The greatest selling book in the history of the world, not even a close second is the Bible.
2:03.2	The most criticized book in the history of the world, not even a close second is the Bible.
2:09.8	The most read book in the history of the world, not even a close.
2:14.1	You could add up number two, three, four, five, probably two through ten together
2:18.4	wouldn't come close to what the Bible has. The reason why it is so controversial, why there's
2:26.0	documentaries against the Bible, scholars against the Bible, documentaries for the Bible,
2:31.4	documentaries of scholars for the Bible, is because I believe it is the
2:37.3	very word of God. It is the best way to understand who God is. If you don't have some
2:46.1	outside standard telling you who God is, telling you what he thinks. How would you know who God is
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