Can reading the Bible out loud help you grow more as a Christian then reading in your
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Re: Can reading the Bible out loud help you grow more as a Christian then reading in
All that matters is what's in the heart! It doesn't matter if you read to yourself or out loud, if the heart's there and the desire's there then God will speak to you no matter how you read- the important thing though is to read, the rest is details.
All that matters is what's in the heart! It doesn't matter if you read to yourself or out loud, if the heart's there and the desire's there then God will speak to you no matter how you read- the important thing though is to read, the rest is details.
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It is interesting that in the account of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39), that the eunuch was reading aloud, which allowed Philip to hear what he was reading (Isaiah 53: 7,8). In ancient times, reading was almost always done out loud. In his Confessions, Augustine mentions that Ambrose of Milan read silently, as if this was something worthy of note, (Augustine, Confessions, VI, 3). This indicates that silent reading was the exception, in ancient times.
It is interesting that in the account of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39), that the eunuch was reading aloud, which allowed Philip to hear what he was reading (Isaiah 53: 7,8). In ancient times, reading was almost always done out loud. In his Confessions, Augustine mentions that Ambrose of Milan read silently, as if this was something worthy of note, (Augustine, Confessions, VI, 3). This indicates that silent reading was the exception, in ancient times.
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To each his own I guess. Reading aloud, I always feel a sense of power and accomplishment. Though I do read in my head because I don't always have the best time pronouncing names of some people and places. Also, the only thing I got from my mom on Christmas was the NT on audio, which is totally okay because I asked for it (she'll buy be the OT sometime later). I got the one with Jim Caviezel
, The Word of Promise, is awesome and saves me brain dullness (happens after reading continually for about 40 minutes, maybe because I'm mildly dyslexic?)
, The Word of Promise, is awesome and saves me brain dullness (happens after reading continually for about 40 minutes, maybe because I'm mildly dyslexic?)- Status