tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post6448801005137070774..comments2024-03-27T06:28:06.962-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: 7 Tips for Reading the Bible in a YearChrisBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-60339535339156722212012-01-12T15:18:44.941-06:002012-01-12T15:18:44.941-06:00I'd prefer it if people did not skip the hard-...I'd prefer it if people did not skip the hard-parts. <br /><br />Nothing in the bible exists by accident - if anything when you encounter those lists of who begat whom it's worth working out who those people were and why the author of the book thought it necessary to include those long list of names. What if anything was he trying to prove.<br /><br />Also, I find it useful to try and picture the incidents described in the story in my mind, pondering how the story came to be recorded in the first place. For example, when Jesus went to pray alone in the garden - how did his words come to be recorded. If they were not recorded where did the words in Mat 26:36 come from?dobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00634981753587872285noreply@blogger.com