By this contrast I do not intend to suggest that informational reading is bad and formational reading is good. Each has its proper place. The difficulty arises from the fact that we are so deeply conditioned by informational reading that it tends to be the mode by which we approach all reading. The deeply ingrained habits of informational reading tend to take over whenever we open a book. We do not naturally engage in formational reading. We need to be alert to this fact if we are going to engage in spiritual reading.
