Saturday, July 9, 2011

How Should I Read Scripture?

In church last sunday we had Testimony Meeting, which is when members (and sometimes non-members) share their personal spiritual journey with the congregation.

A lot of the people who spoke in church talked about their re-reading of the Book of Mormon and what they learned. I felt kind of stupid because I have read the Book of Mormon repeatedly and I have also read the Bible all the way through once (except a few chapters featuring "King David, the man-whore") and everytime I start to read I get distracted, not by things outside of reading, but by what I'm reading...if that makes sense...

I read the scriptures too much like a book/or a novel and not like a study manual. I guess I'll have to end up going though the topical guide to "Study" more then read to get more out of it.

1 comment:

Ebster The Mormonhippie said...

So I've been trying several things out. "Stop Reading" and the like in hopes of making reading more interesting. I find the most usefull method is to utalize the footnotes and look up related scriptures. It does make reading a bit more time consuming but it also helps me put things together better.