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When the Bible is Complicated: Answers to Perplexing Questions is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Bible’s message is very clear: God sent his Son Jesus to sacrifice his life so that we might be saved from sin through a relationship with him. The unfolding of that story gets complicated, and the more we read, the more we have questions: Why does our Bible have the books it has? How do its lessons apply to my life? What’s the best way to study the Bible? Originally published in Bible Study...

The Hebrew word for “meditating” (הגה, hagah) on the LORD’s “instruction” (as in Josh 1:8 and Psa 1:2) includes reading aloud, as the verb literally means “to mutter.” We must keep in mind that silent reading is a relatively recent invention. So biblical meditation is not merely a mental exercise—it is, literally, a dramatic reading. Our first act of interpretation should be reading the passage aloud in a way that is appropriate to its contents and literary form (e.g., narrative dialogue, command,