One of the key ways to receive spiritual nourishment is by reading the Scriptures. However, there are times when Bible-reading can become a chore rather than a delight. During such times, the words seem dry as dust. Your mind wanders. The pages are blank.
If you’re a preacher or teacher of God’s Word, you know the experience of going to the Scriptures to find food for God’s people, only to discover that the well has run dry. Every minister of the Word has had this disheartening experience. Pastors know it all too well.
What, then, do you do when you open your Bible and all you hear is white noise? In "When the Pages Are Blank: How to Bring the Bible Back to Life," Frank Viola provides 20 strategies for electrifying your Bible-reading and revitalizing your encounters with God’s Word – strategies that he has discovered in his own spiritual journey.
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Frank Viola author is the bestselling author of God’s Favorite Place on Earth, From Eternity to Here, Jesus Manifesto, Reimagining Church, Jesus Now, and Jesus: A Theography. Rethinking status quo Christianity, Frank Viola has helped thousands of Christians to deepen their relationship to Jesus and experience a more vibrant, authentic expression of church. His blog, Beyond Evangelical, is one of the most popular in Christian circles today, ranking in the top 10 of all Christian blogs on the Web. Viola has written a series of well-read articles called Rethinking. Frank Viola’s message has enabled God’s people to:Frank’s public speaking covers a wide range of topics including the centrality, supremacy, and all-sufficiency of Jesus Christ, the deepening of the spiritual life, Christian community, church planting, God’s eternal purpose, mission, and church renewal and restoration. Viola has written numerous books on the deeper Christian life and radical church reform, including the bestsellers God’s Favorite Place on Earth, From Eternity to Here, Jesus Manifesto (coauthored with Len Sweet), and Pagan Christianity (co-authored with George Barna) as well as Revise Us Again, Finding Organic Church, Reimagining Church, Jesus Now, and The Untold Story of the New Testament Church.
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