Thomas Watson’s A Christian on the Mount: A Treatise Concerning Meditation (free eBook here) made my list of top reads last year. I can’t imagine a richer or more inspiring book on the discipline of meditation. Watson is a master illustrator, each page brimming with its own collection of images illustrating the ins and outs […]
Meditating on the Scriptures
How to Meditate on Scripture: Learning from Luther’s Example
The first Psalm describes the man who meditates on Scripture as blessed, nourished, fruitful, prosperous, and enduring. Everyone wants those results. Truly attaining them is another thing. We must be people who meditate deeply on Scripture, drinking in deeply of its glorious truths and connecting them to our hearts so that our lives reflect the impact […]
The Why and the How of Scripture Meditation
The main reason we struggle to remember what we read in Scripture is not a faulty memory, but a faulty Bible-intake method, says professor Donald Whitney. Whitney’s solution is meditating on Scripture, and in chapter three of Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, he provides two helpful illustrations to prove his point. Why is meditation […]
5 Methods of Learning from the Bible
I recently ran across an old but extremely helpful illustration from the Navigators that helps believers understand the wide array of ways to interact with and learn from the Bible. It’s called “The Word Hand“. With their permission, I reproduce their helpful text and illustration and below. (You can also print their PDF.) Hearing / Romans […]
Resolved: To Delight in Scripture
While I was in seminary, I had a season where I studied the Scriptures daily for class, taught the Word in church each Sunday, and read the Word each morning for my personal devotions. While my life was filled with the Word, much of my interaction with it was more out of duty than delight. Psalm 1:1-3 shows us […]
