Use Scripture, slowly.
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Short essays on reading Scripture slowly, honest questions about the Christian life, and devotional reflections. Newest first.
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Reading the Bible in the morning
Morning Bible reading is often sold as a rule that good Christians keep and the rest of us fail. It is better understood as a gift on offer — and grace, not guilt, is what makes it last.
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What 'covenant' actually means
Covenant is not a dusty technical term but the shape of the whole Bible: a binding relationship God himself initiates, running from Abraham to the cross, where it is sealed in Jesus' blood.
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Reading 1 Corinthians 13 slowly
The love chapter has been worn smooth by weddings. Read in its place, it is a bracing challenge to a quarrelling church — and a portrait of Christ himself.
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Waiting well
Waiting feels like wasted time, the dead stretch between where you are and where you want to be. Scripture treats the long in-between as something else entirely — not empty, but the very place where hope is formed.
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Keeping a Scripture journal
A Scripture journal is not a diary and not a homework assignment. It is a pen put to the simple work of noticing — and noticing turns out to be how reading deepens.
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What 'repentance' actually means
Repentance is not grovelling or mere regret. The biblical word means a change of mind that turns you around — and in Jesus' telling, it looks less like punishment and more like coming home.
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Reading Romans 8 slowly
Romans 8 is famous for its last two verses, but read whole it is a single argument that builds from no condemnation to no separation. A short guide to reading it slowly enough to be carried by it.
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Gratitude as a way of seeing
Gratitude is usually treated as a reaction to good fortune. Scripture treats it as something closer to eyesight — a trained way of perceiving grace that reorients the whole heart toward the Giver.
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How to memorize Scripture
Memorising Scripture sounds like a feat for unusually disciplined people. It is really a simple, ordinary habit — and a way of carrying the words of God with you when you most need them.
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The kingdom of God, plainly
Many readers hear 'the kingdom of God' and picture either heaven after death or a political programme. Jesus meant something nearer and stranger: God beginning to reign, in person, right now.