Wear your specs to read the Bible

How do you read the Bible? Do you set aside some time each day? Find somewhere you can be quiet and think? Make sure the text is big enough to read clearly? (Vital in my case - and the great joy of e-readers!)

Whether you’re short-sighted like me, or have 20/20 vision, I think it helps to wear glasses to read the Bible. Five pairs of spectacles (if you can imagine those all perched on your nose):

1. Question-mark specs: exegesis for beginners
2. Cross-shaped specs: reading the Old Testament in the light of the New
3. Time-travel specs: what did it mean for the first readers?
4. Heart-shaped specs: how does is apply to me?
5. Crown-shaped specs: seeing the world in the light of God’s sovereignty

All these help me to “correctly handle the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2 v 15) - and I hope they will help you too. That’s what this short series of blogs is all about.

So...are you ready to put your specs on?