There are two particular skills that every single Christian needs to develop, therefore, in order to hear God in and through holy Scripture. First, we must learn to read the Bible with our heads, in order to understand what is actually, objectively, being said. And second, we must learn to read it with our hearts, in order to experience God’s voice through its pages. By carefully studying the Bible, we come to understand what its writers were originally saying. And by prayerfully exploring it, we learn to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to us now. It’s important to do both. If I
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