Those of you who are reaching people who aren't already committed Christians ... how do you get your people to read the bible???
Thinking about it because today our sermon was all about why to read the bible and how to read the bible, but I'm not sure if it's going to produce results. We also provide people (in the program they receive on the way into the service) six "ready made" bible studies to do every week but, again, I'm not sure if they're being used much.
So what do you do? Anything you've found helpful in getting people to be in God's Word consistently?
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
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I don't know if I am qualified to answer... (Church planter hoping to reach non-christians) ...but Neil Cole has a great little plan called the LTG in his earliest book. Sorry, the name slips me... It's basically a 2-3 person group. They read a lot of scripture, hold each other accountable, and pray for the lost.
Thank Dan for me when you see him... I called this past week with music questions, and he was generous with his time :)
Charles
It's usually when we're spending time together intentionally (discipleship) and through conversation they begin to have questions and I always make my answers point back to what God has to say. Or some times I'll just ask them, "what do you think God says about that?" and I give them a place to look at in scripture.
Briefly, with no cookie-cutter method attached, I see it as trying to develop a need to go to God's Word without the usual guilt trip of "have you spend you time in your Bible today?"
We recently did a series on 2 Timothy 3:16-17, looking at the benefits of reading your Bible. It did produce some results (although for how long, I'm honestly not sure). My personal blog is to help people with their Bible reading by blogging my reflections on a chapter a day. I know of a Richmond church that just started promoting a life journal, and their staff says they're seeing some results. That, and just keep saying it in different ways... over... and over... and over... and over... 'til your sick of it. Then it starts to sink in. It's also like you said in a recent post--some will develop quickly, others much more slowly. I've definitely seen that in our previously unchurched converts. We also have some truckers, and I've recommended the Bible on CD for them.
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