My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.
It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.
I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.
I have continued systematically to study the Book of Mormon and Bible to understand even more deeply what God expects of me and my family while on this earth.
As Luke 24 shows, it's possible to read the Bible, study the Bible, and memorize large portions of the Bible, while missing the whole point of the Bible.
By the time I went to college, I knew the major passages of the Bible pretty much by heart.
My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.
Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.
I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.
There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.