Shannon, thank you! That statistic is shocking, and it makes me wonder about some of the churches I have attended which had lots of excitement and activities, but not much substance. Years ago I had a student with epilepsy and began to study the healing stories in the New Testament. Have never formally studied Greek, but use a Greek | English NT and a Greek word study dictionary to help me better understand. I do admit that I'm not too fond of the historical books of the OT, but even right now I am pushing through. The photo of your open Bible is at the chapter I read just this morning.
I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian ☦️ but was raised Protestant. I read through the Bible many times before I went to an Assembly of God Bible college for a year in 1976 and they gave us some nationwide Biblical knowledge test. I was amazed when they told me I scored in the 99th percentile. I was amazed because I knew I didn't know the Bible all that well so it meant most people really don't know it at all. 🤪 Orthodox monastics often recommend reading at least one chapter of the Gospes daily. I like to read commentary from the Early Church Fathers from time to time, Catena https://catenabible.com/ is good for that.
Shannon, thank you! That statistic is shocking, and it makes me wonder about some of the churches I have attended which had lots of excitement and activities, but not much substance. Years ago I had a student with epilepsy and began to study the healing stories in the New Testament. Have never formally studied Greek, but use a Greek | English NT and a Greek word study dictionary to help me better understand. I do admit that I'm not too fond of the historical books of the OT, but even right now I am pushing through. The photo of your open Bible is at the chapter I read just this morning.
I'm an Eastern Orthodox Christian ☦️ but was raised Protestant. I read through the Bible many times before I went to an Assembly of God Bible college for a year in 1976 and they gave us some nationwide Biblical knowledge test. I was amazed when they told me I scored in the 99th percentile. I was amazed because I knew I didn't know the Bible all that well so it meant most people really don't know it at all. 🤪 Orthodox monastics often recommend reading at least one chapter of the Gospes daily. I like to read commentary from the Early Church Fathers from time to time, Catena https://catenabible.com/ is good for that.
That is amazing!! 🤯 Thanks for the resource.