One thing that came to me, something to use as a 'hook' for getting something more from a Bible reading, is noting, remembering, where basic ideas are located. This doesn't necessarily correlate to single verses, but could be a chapter in an epistle, or an episode from one of the history books. Or, like for instance, going through the Wisdom Books and finding verses and passages that refer to types of humans. Those could be found in all the Bible too.
Like an obvious one is Ephesians 6 is the armour of God passage of the Bible. But that example may skew what I'm getting at. I mean really the more subtle though BIG ideas in the Bible that can be seen AS you are reading it (maybe) but that you can easily forget once you are away from it. Note them down.
I was just thinking, I'm into Day 3 already & how quickly pages slip away - yet it just isn't possible to map all things (inspirations, ideas, insights, fleeting thoughts, correlations & so forth) in real time. Having something like you suggest is achievable & worthwhile. It allows for uninterrupted reading with just a quick note at the end of a session.
I'll say one thing in favour of M'Cheyne's reading plan, there is some inspiration in the selecting of the books & chapters. I saw it immediately going from Genesis 1 to Matthew 1. The parallels and overlays ... I struggle to articulate what I saw and it sounds too vague to say: creation of the world - birth of life - hope of salvation - promise of restitution. But something in that direction.
Something else... I keep having this recurring notion of how it would be obviously profitable to answer false teachers from the Bible solely. Of course false teachers also quote the Bible, so in that sole context it isn't always a useful exercise, but I mean to be ABLE to do it, and to be able to explain and describe all the phenomena of mankind and the world using biblical examples and language...
Like, having to stop your thoughts and search your mind and formulate your understanding and response from the Bible itself.
I think when you first start doing this a big biblical thing (to use an example) is the fact of the fall and the fact of original sin and fallen man. It's a shock when you first see it and can apply it to ideas and observations and you see how it grounds you in a deep, foundational understanding. Like, for instance, you less likely to be politically naive regarding utopian ideology when you are operating from the foundational understanding of the fall of man.
That example can come from learning biblical doctrine too. I mean from sources for biblical doctrine. Systematic theology and so on...
Fortunately not! I was just editing the post and had to break off so saved the file as a draft. Interesting when you save a post the dashboard only refers to it as a draft and does not show any comments posted previously. I thought for a moment I'd made a dreadful mistake, however everything appears intact now I've reposted. Phew! They were important comments.
Time & history are received into Heaven. We live in the presence of the world to come. Our footsteps in this new creation begin today and now in a Spirit fueled state - eschatology is our native state. Eschatological consciousness is the must-have state. No matter that it be temporary, redemption is rooted in the praxis of this soil. Real I exists above you now in time. Real I exists in all your time, always. I am. I am. I am looking for a response from within. A response to the beauty of creation and a response from God ... My sheep know my voice. (John 10:27) Heaven for us is redemptive, the aspiration of perfection and a measure of our love for God - the thirst of our souls. We work below from a heaven centred spirit ... In my Father's house are many mansions. (John 14:2)
Knight of the Inner Order
Parzival is the Knight who is walking within these symbolic realms. He knows that a car door is a portal between states and worlds. To the Knight of the Inner Order, this is all Real. The exterior world of objects (christmas tree lights, telephone boxes, doors & windows, unmade roads, blankets & bedding, horses & sheep, rolling mists, children in poverty, ice, watches and seasons) is a living non-verbal language of glyphs incised in the consciousness of the Wandering Knight: Opening of the Eyes = Renewal of the Oath of Service. We open our eyes each morning, blearily adjusting to the light of dawn. Mostly we are buried in the comfort of sleep but the Knight should know the meaning of the event and renew the Oath. Or as the great Johnny Cash sang it, "I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger travelling through this land below." Never forget it.
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One thing that came to me, something to use as a 'hook' for getting something more from a Bible reading, is noting, remembering, where basic ideas are located. This doesn't necessarily correlate to single verses, but could be a chapter in an epistle, or an episode from one of the history books. Or, like for instance, going through the Wisdom Books and finding verses and passages that refer to types of humans. Those could be found in all the Bible too.
Like an obvious one is Ephesians 6 is the armour of God passage of the Bible. But that example may skew what I'm getting at. I mean really the more subtle though BIG ideas in the Bible that can be seen AS you are reading it (maybe) but that you can easily forget once you are away from it. Note them down.
I was just thinking, I'm into Day 3 already & how quickly pages slip away - yet it just isn't possible to map all things (inspirations, ideas, insights, fleeting thoughts, correlations & so forth) in real time. Having something like you suggest is achievable & worthwhile. It allows for uninterrupted reading with just a quick note at the end of a session.
I'll say one thing in favour of M'Cheyne's reading plan, there is some inspiration in the selecting of the books & chapters. I saw it immediately going from Genesis 1 to Matthew 1. The parallels and overlays ... I struggle to articulate what I saw and it sounds too vague to say: creation of the world - birth of life - hope of salvation - promise of restitution. But something in that direction.
Something else... I keep having this recurring notion of how it would be obviously profitable to answer false teachers from the Bible solely. Of course false teachers also quote the Bible, so in that sole context it isn't always a useful exercise, but I mean to be ABLE to do it, and to be able to explain and describe all the phenomena of mankind and the world using biblical examples and language...
Like, having to stop your thoughts and search your mind and formulate your understanding and response from the Bible itself.
I think when you first start doing this a big biblical thing (to use an example) is the fact of the fall and the fact of original sin and fallen man. It's a shock when you first see it and can apply it to ideas and observations and you see how it grounds you in a deep, foundational understanding. Like, for instance, you less likely to be politically naive regarding utopian ideology when you are operating from the foundational understanding of the fall of man.
That example can come from learning biblical doctrine too. I mean from sources for biblical doctrine. Systematic theology and so on...
All my comments on prayer and Real Will within Work aims and so on are now gone when you zapped the above post!
I can't remember what I wrote, but I know it was something worth remembering and applying...
Fortunately not! I was just editing the post and had to break off so saved the file as a draft. Interesting when you save a post the dashboard only refers to it as a draft and does not show any comments posted previously. I thought for a moment I'd made a dreadful mistake, however everything appears intact now I've reposted. Phew! They were important comments.
Good. I thought you'd crashed and burned.
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