{"id":9655,"date":"2024-05-03T19:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T00:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=9655"},"modified":"2024-05-03T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T02:14:10","slug":"why-we-must-both-hear-and-read-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=9655","title":{"rendered":"WHY WE MUST BOTH HEAR AND READ THE BIBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B0CGT9FL3Z\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>It may seem odd to write a book about the value of not just reading, but also the importance of hearing the contents of a book. And not just any book, but the Bible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most people in the early church could not read. How did they grow in their understanding of God\u2019s Word? How did they grow as disciples to ask the question that theologian Brad East recently posed? Answer: By hearing gifted readers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>These readers worked hard to emphasize the right places, pause at the right moments, and supply energy throughout. Their \u201cperformance\u201d in the best sense of that word gave people understanding. Hearing the word read not only familiarized them with the material. It helped shape how they \u201cfelt\u201d about the material. Quoting a wonderful line from Quintilian, Sandy reminds us that it is good to \u201cadd force to facts.\u201d Even when people could read, the hearing of God\u2019s Word created new levels of understanding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If your church has been blessed with great readers of Scripture, then you know the power of hearing well-executed words. If you have not heard such readers, you are missing out on a considerable blessing <em>and<\/em> benefit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many of us know what it is like to hear a familiar passage from the Word of God read in such a way that it engenders all kinds of new insights. This deeper and more beautiful understanding is something that Sandy does a terrific job of explaining.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each year, I get to read a lot of terrific books. Sandy\u2019s book is one of the most edifying ones I have read in a long time. I will be recommending it with great enthusiasm.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may seem odd to write a book about the value of not just reading, but also the importance of hearing the contents of a book. And not just any book, but the Bible. Most people in the early church could not read. How did they grow in their understanding of God\u2019s Word? How did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-book-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9659,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9655\/revisions\/9659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}