Ep 226 Enjoying the Bible, Not Just Studying the Bible with Keith Ferrin

Speaker, author, Keith Ferrin heard someone tell/perform the entire book of Luke on stage for two hours straight. He made a lunch date with the presenter for that next day which lasted nine hours. For the last two decades, Keith's been presenting Scripture by the book as a storyteller. "The Bible is not only meant to be studied, understood and obeyed", Keith says, "it's meant to be enjoyed." We discuss the difference as well as what it means to internalize the word vs memorizing the words.
Keith is passionate about helping people know and love God's word and offers great series on UA-cam / @keithferrin
as well as on his website.
Some gems:
People are under the false belief that massive parts of Scripture is confusing so they don't even attempt to read it.
The main difference between Christianity and all other religions is this: the Creator saw that His creation was in trouble and He set out to rescue and fix what they can't fix on their own.
The Bible is not only true, it's also powerful and amazing and transforming and meant to be enjoyed.
I realized that God's Word isn't just to be studied verse-by-verse like little sound bites; rather it's to engage my mind, emotions and soul and that's made all the difference.
To internalize Scripture is the know the Word; to memorize Scripture is to know the words.
The more relational we are with Scripture, the more information we will retain.
Our primary purpose in reading the Bible is to hang out with Jesus.