5. Get a modern paraphrase like the Message or the NLT and read out loud a whole letter of Paul’s. That is how they were written and that is how the original audience encountered them for the first time.
4. Find a verse that you love, write it down and learn it by repetition… speak it over and over again. That is essentially meditating on the Word.
3. Take a well known verse and read the whole chapter paying attention to the structure, logic, and context of the chapter. It may surprise you.
2. Open the Bible at random and read 5 pages. I know it’s not a good way to build a systematic theology, and it’s not a good way to hear God, but it’s a great way to encounter a passage you may never have deliberately turned to.
1. Find a passage in the gospels. Use a cross reference to find the same account in other gospels and read how the other gospel writer’s approach the same passage. The Bible is fully divine and fully human and this is a great way to explore the Word.
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