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Lectio Divina

by Dries Cronje on May 26, 2009

The BibleI recently listened to an audio version of Eugene Peterson’s Eat this Book. It’s excellent work (as we’ve come to expect from Eugene) and I can highly recommend it to anyone serious about the bible. Much of what I discuss here I learned from that and similar books.

Lectio Divina, or spiritual reading, is an ancient discipline that we (the church) have lost somewhere along the way. We approach the bible with our own agendas in mind, like ‘What can I learn?’, ‘How can I change, or get over this?’, or ‘What is God’s will?’. However, the bible is God’s living Word. We shouldn’t just read it, but allow it to read us. We should approach it on God’s terms and we should allow God to reveal Himself to us and allow his Holy Spirit to work on us through what we read. [click to continue…]

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The Bible

by Dries Cronje on March 2, 2009

I’m currently studying and practicing Lectio Divina, or spiritual reading. The problem with the way we’ve always been reading the Bible is that we approach it with an agenda. Instead, we need to pick up our bibles with an open mind and changeable heart to let God do what He needs to do in us through the Holy Spirit.

The Bible is a holy, living text, but not on it’s own when approached with some agenda in mind. Only when we allow God to work on us through his words. Only when we approach the Bible to learn about God and his revelations on his terms.

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