Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

Moses says, read the Bible as if your life depended on it.

Read your Bible as if your life depended on it because it does.

I could not imagine him putting a more clear choice out in front of us.

Submission to the Word brings blessing, departure from the Word,

or even ignorance of the Word brings cursing.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and theologian JD Greer.

I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.

Have you ever felt like reading the Bible is like getting a shot at the doctor's office?

You schedule it and you know it's supposed to be good for you, but it's not necessarily something

that you look forward to. And in fact, sometimes it can feel a little painful.

But is that really how God wants us to approach His Word?

That's our subject today on Summit Life.

And it's part of our teaching series we just began called Start.

Be sure to stay tuned to the end today to learn more about our latest resource,

a set of 52 scripture memory cards.

You can give us a call at 866-335-52220 or visit us at jdgreer.com for more information.

Now here's Pastor JD with some answers and a message he titled Read the Bible because.

Several years ago, I picked up a book in Barnes and Noble called The Year of Living Biblically.

It's not a Christian book. In fact, the author is agnostic who says, and I quote,

I am officially Jewish, but I'm Jewish in the same way that Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.

So if I tell you anything, for an entire year, this guy attempted to follow every rule of the

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