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Old 10-17-2013, 07:42 PM
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Re: Very Little Bible Reading In Church
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Originally Posted by Esaias View Post
I find it irritating to no end when a preacher takes one little verse and then goes off for an hour on some topic without ever referencing any other passage of scripture.

In the house church we were with previously, they had a habit of reading about at least 1 whole chapter. It was unbelievably deeper and more meaningful and more instructive than anything I ever heard in a modern institutional 'Pentecostal' church.
I don't believe it's necessary to read the whole chapter. In fact I feel kinda stupid if that happens, as if I can't read on my own.

However I also can't stand the "read one verse then ignore it the rest of the time" approach. If they want to read a verse then build the message around and on that verse. Explain it. Explain the grammar and context. Instead verse reading is a pretext to tell anecdotes.

If the teaching is going verse by verse and expounding on it exegetically, that might be interesting, yeah to do one chapter at a time
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