Kelly Needham says Bible study is about so much more than knowledge.

If the end goal of Christianity is that I have a book to memorize a know, that's not great

news.

But if the message of Christianity is there's a living person that I am invited to know,

have a relationship with, that's awesome.

And that is the invitation of the scriptures.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamous, author of Revive My Heart.

For July 21st, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh. Do you ever feel a little bored when you're reading your Bible?

If you do, then I think you'll be encouraged by today's program.

My good friend Kelly Needham wants to reawaken our imaginations by giving us five powerful metaphors for the Bible.

Kelly's a longtime friend of Reviver Hearts.

She's an author, a speaker, a wife, and a mother to five precious children.

And I'm so grateful that she's also one of our true woman speakers this October.

Now, if you haven't registered for the conference yet, there's still time. You can sign up at truewoman 25.com. And I'd love to see you

in Indianapolis on October 2nd through 4th. You'll hear from Kelly as well as Mary Cassian, Kevin DeYoung, and so many others. I'll be speaking, and you will too, won't you, Dana? I sure will. This year's theme is the word. Behold the wonder, and I think you'll see today just how much Kelly loves this topic. She has an authentic passion for scripture, and it's just beautiful to listen to.

Kelly gave this message not too long ago at our biblical help for real life online event.

It's called Loving and Living God's Word. Let's listen.

We are going to talk about five different metaphors for the Bible. I want to talk about five

metaphors for the Bible. Five ways of thinking about seeing and understanding God's word that I think

will reawaken our imagination for what's happening when we open it up and spend time in it.

So the first one is this. The Bible is like a house. It's like a house that we are invited to explore.

It's God's house that he's opening up and inviting us to explore. Now, if you came to my house,

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