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To some, the Bible is an ancient text. To me, it’s the living word of God. It’s a story about the love of God. It taught me who God is.   It tells of how God created us, and saved us, in-spite of (and because of) all of our flaws, again and again, right until the Saviour came down once and for all, to die for us because he loves us (he comes back though). Parts of it are literal and parts of it are metaphors, sometimes it’s hard to know which is which. So, before getting into it, pray. A quick breakdown. The Old Testament: Stories we can learn from about ancient heroes of the faith (fully flawed people). There’s also poems, songs, laws, prophecies…never have I read anything that has so many different forms of literature in one place. The New Testament: The story of Jesus, life as a Christian and Revelations, about the end times (it has dragons). Here’s a few ways to start: 1. Start at 3 different points in time (easy and usual way). Expect to read 3 chapters a day, one from each se...

Obedience in the Bible means to have a hearing heart that is intent on doing whatever God asks from us. Most importantly, a hearing heart that is rooted in love. I must admit that obedience was once the word I hated most in the bible. The word I ran from when I was a flighty little kid. The word I rolled my eyes at when I was an emotional teenager that already knew what was best, clearly. The word I skimmed over and ignored when I moved out of home and started uni. I mean what harm could come from a little bit here and a little bit there? Surely this was a flexible thing.  "It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." - C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (1). ...