{"id":13479,"date":"2015-08-05T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=13479"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:37:44","slug":"bible-reading-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/bible-reading-sense.htm","title":{"rendered":"Bible Reading: Doesn&#8217;t Make Sense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 40px; padding-top: 7px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13482\" src=\"\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Bible.jpg\" alt=\"Bible Reading\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" \/>Perhaps tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/reading-the-bible.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read the Bible<\/a> but got discouraged because it just didn&#8217;t make sense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 40px; padding-top: 7px;\">Why is that?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-bottom: 9px;\">Five Reasons Why Your Bible Reading Might Not Make Sense to You:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 25px;\">\n<li>Where You Started<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 25px;\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Gave Up Too Soon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 25px;\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Lack of a Real\u00a0Desire<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 25px;\" start=\"4\">\n<li>Holy Spirit\u00a0Quenched<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 25px;\" start=\"5\">\n<li>Not Doing Anything About What You\u00a0Read<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/new-to-bible-reading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/new-to-bible-reading-sm.jpg\" alt=\"New to Bible Reading Discipleship Tool\" width=\"90\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\">The <a title=\"New to Bible Reading Discipleship Tool\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/new-to-bible-reading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New to Bible Reading Discipleship Tool<\/strong><\/a> briefly expounds on these points and answers other questions you might have about reading God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps you have tried to read the Bible but got discouraged because it just didn\u2019t make sense. 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