Mistakes We’ve Made in Bible Study: Reading with our Heart and Not Our Head Re-Air

The Daily Grace Podcast

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Abide In this episode of the Daily Grace Podcast, we dive into a common pitfall in spiritual growth: the tendency to read the Bible with our hearts rather than our heads. Your feelings for and about God are important, but they can't be your guide for interpreting Scripture. We use some fun personal stories—from football rivalries to early teaching—to show how missing the original context completely changes the meaning of the Bible. Tune in to learn why historical context provides a stable foundation for your faith instead of relying on changing emotions. Tell Us What You Think Unlock a 10% off coupon! And get first access to new sales, Bible studies & books! Join for free here! Subscribe to our Podcast Newsletter! Connect with us: The Daily Grace Co. | Facebook | Instagram | Daily Grace Blog |

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0:00.0	We're going to talk about some passages that we are tempted to read with our hearts and not
0:04.5	with our heads and how reading it and understanding both with our heart and with our minds
0:10.0	what God is communicating through his word.
0:12.2	I very much wish that I had made different choices than at that time.
0:16.3	Like I've said, oh, I think this is about me as a woman.
0:18.3	We're going to learn.
0:19.4	That's not true.
0:20.0	That's not what's happening here.
0:22.0	Hey, everyone.
0:22.9	JJ here and welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast.
0:26.4	Today's re-airing from the mistakes we've made in Bible study series covers a trap that is
0:32.3	so easy to fall into, which is reading scripture purely with our heart and not our
0:37.1	head.
0:42.3	Crystal and Shelby discuss why letting our feelings, dictator understanding of a passage can lead to an incomplete or even wrong conclusions about who God is.
0:47.3	They walk through examples like Psalm 465 and Matthew 1820 to show why historical and literary
0:53.3	contexts are vital for getting into the
0:55.4	true meaning of a text. It's a great reminder to love God with both our minds and our hearts.
1:06.8	Hey everybody. Welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast. This is Shelby and as as you know, we are in our summer series, mistakes we've made in Bible study.
1:15.7	Last week was our first episode in this series, and we talked about a mistake that both Crystal and I have made, which is quitting before we even get started with deep Bible study.
1:23.7	And this week, we're excited to talk about another mistake that we've made before, which is reading with our heart and not our head when we read scripture.
1:32.0	But first we got to do favorite things.
1:33.8	But because we're trying to do shorter episodes for the summer, we're doing favorite things in 15 seconds or less.
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