Today we have something different for you. Normally I’m interviewing one of our authors from our FrontLine magazine. I am in the process of recording interviews for our next edition of the magazine, so we will return to that in due course.

However, today I am talking to my friend Ben Hicks. He is the Associate Pastor at Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. He works closely with me on Proclaim & Defend and is a key idea guy for us whenever we get together and talk.

At the beginning of the year, I like to make a post for P&D on Bible reading with links to Bible reading schedules. This is a big push I make for our church people every year as well.

Ben has a similar passion in his ministry. He published two articles on the topic in the first couple weeks of this year as well.

I thought it would be a good idea to put together a podcast partway through the year as sort of a “Booster Shot” for your Bible reading. We know what it is like to start the year with enthusiasm, but then for our interest to flag as life piles up on us. Both Ben and I want you to just pick up and carry on. We especially want you to develop the Bible reading priority in your daily life.

That’s what this conversation is designed to do. Together we talk about various insights we’ve gleaned ourselves on the subject of developing that priority. There are so many ways we can make our Bible reading fresh and we touch on some of them. I hope you find this helpful. I want to encourage you to pass it on to others if it might be helpful to them as well.

Now, at this point in the podcast I’m normally pointing you to a FrontLine article. We don’t have one this time, but I do want to encourage you to support the FBFI by subscribing to our magazine, following our blog, Proclaim & Defend, and this podcast. Your support helps us keep excellent content coming your way.

Our Proclaim & Defend articles on Bible reading:

From Ben:

When You Don’t Get Anything Out of Devotions – Proclaim & Defend

7 Tips for Regular Bible Readings – Proclaim & Defend

From Don:

Hear and Learn and Fear: It’s Bible-reading Schedule Time – Proclaim & Defend

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