Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Background

When I was ready to learn about the bible, my Grandpa taught me verse by verse most of the New Testament at his kitchen table. We would skip back and forth and he would show how one verse led to another and tied yet another into it. I want other people to learn what he taught me.

I also want to give people the chance to actually learn the bible. Not what they think it says by people who twist it around to fit their own purposes or verses used out of context. If I'm confused I'm lucky enough to have three people in my life that I can go to. My grandpa who started really getting into the bible so that he could prove people wrong. But he learned a lot more than just how he could win. My father and mother in law are also people I turn to when I have questions. They've both gone to Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, TX and my father in law is a preacher at a church in Spearman, TX. I trust them because they've learned on their own, they have delved into the Word and have created their own relationship with God from their beliefs, not what others have fed them.

And that is what I want for myself and for you if you have found this site. I want you to learn on your own. Pick up a bible and read it. Don't listen to people who have been hurt by people at church. Church should be where you go to worship God, to fellowship, where you can interact with other Christians and know you aren't alone in the world. But the meat of your knowledge needs to come from your personal studies and if you are lucky enough as I was to have a man with a lot of years of knowledge under his belt to help, you're already half way there.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I also sat at the kitchen table with the man who taught Traci how to study and learn the Bible...in fact he taught me many things, and more importantly, he showed me by his example what it is to be a Christian, a child of God. He lives what he believes. Traci I'm looking forward to checking your site every day. This young woman has also taught me many things. She's my daughter and her Grandpa is my father. Yep, I've been blessed.