We open 2019, working through some important questions about Bible reading, all emailed

into us from you.

The listeners, thank you for your continued engagement with the podcast.

Today's question comes from a listener in Germany named Michael.

Dear Pastor John, when does a lack of Bible reading become a sin?

I fear this trend in my own friends and our Western society.

We have easy access to the Bible, but I feel like many Christians spend little or even

almost no time in the word.

A Christian quote unquote that reads a lot and doesn't act upon it is not better either.

Nevertheless, when would you start correcting a fellow believer for not spending enough

time in the word?

Let's take Michael's first question as the main one.

When does a lack of Bible reading become a sin?

My hope is that in giving a kind of triage of diminishing Bible reading, Michael might

be able to discern when to step into his friend's life and exhort him.

So here are my five symptoms of sinful diminishing of Bible reading.

When does diminishing Bible reading become a sin?

How might we discern when our slacking off in Bible reading and meditation is becoming

sinful?

Number one, diminishing Bible reading and meditation is becoming sinful where it is owing

to a loss of desperation for what the Bible alone can give.

God's Word is designed like nothing else to give us glimpses of God himself or Samuel

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