Welcome to the Scripture Challenge

Hello!

Maybe you're wondering what this "Scripture Challenge" is all about. I felt led to start this blog, based on the truth that the Bible is challenging. It's not challenging in that it can't be understood. As one of my friends likes saying, its truth is simple enough for the youngest of children...but complex enough to interest the most learned theologian.

What I mean by "challenging" is that Scripture challenges us to be something other than we are. Simply reading Scripture may be uplifting. It may be enlightening. It may be encouraging. Or it may be simply an act of obedience, done out of habit because a preacher told you that you ought to. But putting Scripture into practice...now THAT can be life-changing.

In this blog, you will find a daily Bible study...or at least that is my ambitious intent. This study may be a verse, a passage, a chapter, or a whole story. But studying the day's passage should go beyond that. Read on it, think on it, meditate on it, even memorize it. But, most importantly... DO something about it. Apply it to your daily life.

Then...tell the other readers of this blog what you did, what you learned, how it turned out... how you were obedient...and how God worked in your life as a result.

Now, some may say, isn't that a bit much of "tooting your own horn"? What about humility? Well, there's a place for humility, and certainly if you feel something is private and not to be shared, then keep it to yourself. Some moments are personal. But there is also a place of encouragement and inspiration. And actions, good and bad, tend to be contagious. When one believer hears another believer's story, they may be inspired to take a similar step of faith. That's what testimonials are all about...and your "testimony" does not have to be simply about the moment you came to know Jesus personally, though that is certainly the most important testimony you have.

Your testimony can also be just letting others know what God has done for you, what you have learned in your walk with him. So take that step and testify if you feel so led! If you would like to share an experience or story anonymously, you can email me, and I'll post it for you as "one member of the blog told me..."

I hope that you enjoy this daily study/devotional, and that you get involved, by reading, studying, even memorizing the passage, but also by taking the specific challenge corresponding to the verse each day...or another relevant action to apply God's Word to your own life instead of merely hearing it.

What a difference Christians acting out their professed faith would make in their families, commuties, country, and world!

God bless you!