N. T. Wright is the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England.  He is a leading theologian that I am reading and learning to appreciate more and more.  In the above interview he offers the following piece of advice:

I want you to know your bibles, inside-out, upside-down, in the original languages, as thoroughly as you possibly can.

I want you to get on your knees and learn how to prayer, and not just five minutes here and there, but serious prayer for a lost world, for lost people…

I want you to learn how to love people…

If you are going to be a Christian leader …… The Bible, Prayer, and Loving people

 

So there you have it, wise words from a wise man.  Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

I am a visual learner.  I need to READ things to learn.  Hands-on learning, for me, conjures images of grease-covered hands tinkering with engines.  No thanks. 

However, for those of you who learn better aurally, I have lately been using this site to engage with scripture in a way that is new and refreshing.  The Daily Audio Bible lets you cover the whole bible in a year through their daily Podcast.  I am finding the daily readings very refreshing as I can engage with scripture in a way that is totally different to how I normally "read" the bible.

These guys are also breaking new ground in terms of the way in which they are forming an online  community around the daily reading of the scriptures, worship and prayer.  Sort-of like a virtual prayer room.  Awesome!

This is what they say about themselves:

Daily interaction with the Scriptures is the heart of all we do.  A deep and abiding friendship with Jesus informed by the rich texture of the Bible is the reason the Daily Audio Bible exists.  We believe that it is fundamental to every believer's healthy spiritual life that we be people seeking the counsel of the Bible every single day, that we be people who walk with God intimately and conversationally and that we live in community with one another.

Check them out - dive into the daily audio bible and let me know how it goes for you.

 

Peace out.

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