Some read it, but don't hear it.

Some read it and hear it, but don't do it.

Dr. Tony Evans says when you come ready to respond, the Bible starts speaking personally, not just historically.

Bible reading will take on a new dimension because now concepts will come off the page,

and you will hear God relating to you, not just talking to the people of biblical days.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans. Clutter can crowd out what really matters on our desks, in our homes, and especially in our hearts.

Today, Dr. Evans explains why Scripture can't do its life-giving work in us

until we clear away the spiritual distractions standing in the way.

Let's join him as he shows how growth begins with making room for God's word.

The Bible positions itself as a life-giving document.

It means it is a life-giving source.

In other words, it imparts life.

If you want to live, there must be a dynamic, meaningful relationship with the

word of God. To understand the concept of life in the Bible, you have to understand the concept

of death. Ephesians chapter two gives the coroner's report and you are dead in your

transgressions and sins in which you formally walked according to the course of this world,

according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons

of disobedience among them. We too all formally lived in the lust of our flesh,

indulging in the desires of the flesh and of the mind,

and we were by nature children of wrath even as the rest.

The coroner's report is in the first three verses,

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