I Love Church, but It’s Hard to Read the Bible
Calvary Church with Skip Heitzig Audio Podcast
Skip Heitzig
4.8 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Ours is not a reading culture anymore. Reading has been replaced by visual sound bites. And reading the Bible is a difficult endeavor, since it was written so long ago with cultures and practices that are now outdated. So, what are we to do? Isn’t it just easier to listen to sermons and pick up Bible truths from social media posts? It is easier, but not better. Let me give you some helpful tips.
I. It Will Transform Your Life
II. It Will Challenge Your Mind
III. It Will Delight Your Heart
IV. It Will Clarify Your Vision
V. It Will Stabilize Your Future
VI. It Will Guard Your Steps
Talk with God: Ask the Holy Spirit to give you clear understanding and “ears to hear,” (Mark 4:9), as you begin your quiet times this week.
Talk with others: Ask a friend or mentor to hold you accountable to read and study the Word consistently.
Talk with kids: How did God show mercy to Adam and Eve?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Calvary Church with Skip Heidde. |
| 0:02.8 | We're so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:05.5 | Being a Christian is hard. |
| 0:07.3 | Whether you've been a believer for a day or a decade, |
| 0:10.4 | faith in Jesus won't make you immune to the challenges and troubles of life. |
| 0:14.4 | We all need a little help, and we find the help we need in Scripture. |
| 0:18.7 | So, let's dive into God's Word, the ultimate source of truth, |
| 0:23.3 | wisdom, and supernatural comfort. Would you make your way in your Bibles, please, to the book of |
| 0:30.9 | Psalms? Psalm 19 is the Psalm we're going to be looking at today in this series called help, because I've |
| 0:41.3 | figured out that we all need a little bit of help when it comes to studying the book we call |
| 0:47.8 | the Bible. Perhaps you've made it a New Year's resolution that you're going to read the Bible |
| 0:53.0 | more, but perhaps in that to read the Bible more. |
| 0:55.6 | But perhaps in that commitment, you've also discovered that it's easier said than done. |
| 1:03.8 | You wouldn't be alone. |
| 1:06.3 | Of the over 2 billion Christians in the world, and I used the term broadly, but those who would identify themselves in the Christian faith, of the over 2 billion Christians in the world, and I use the term broadly, but those who would identify |
| 1:12.0 | themselves in the Christian faith, of the over 2 billion Christians in the world, less than 30% |
| 1:17.7 | will ever read through the Bible. |
| 1:21.6 | 82% of Christian Americans, you ready for this one? |
| 1:27.2 | 82% of Christian Americans only read their Bibles on Sundays |
| 1:32.8 | while they're in church. Nineteen percent of churchgoers only 19% read their Bibles every day. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm not saying that to shame anybody, that's just so you know where we're at in this culture. |
| 1:55.0 | What are the top signs that you're not reading your Bible enough? |
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