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WHOSE WORD DO YOU LISTEN TO?

February 13, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

Maybe Eve was deceived by the Serpent; Adam knew better. Eve had to grapple with the devil himself. All that it took Adam to fall was another offer. Standing with God in the Garden, with nothing to distract from the morning-new glories around him, Adam heard the word of the Lord: It’s all yours, Adam. […]

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3 STEPS TO A BIBLE READING HABIT

February 5, 2021 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Have you ever started reading the Bible, only to give up? It’s got to rank up there with daily exercise and dieting as the most-started, most-abandoned New Year’s resolution.  It’s also as important.  Because what diet and exercise are to your body, God’s word is to your spirit:  food and strength! Let me help you […]

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HANG ON TO HIS WORDS: JESUS IS COMING!

November 21, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 8 Comments

[An Advent Bible Reading plan] Toward the end of Luke’s gospel, Jesus drives the merchants out of the temple and then goes there, every day, to teach. And all the while, the Jewish leaders look for a way to kill him — but they never get the chance. Why? “Because all the people were hanging […]

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TRUST IN GOD & IN HIS POWER WITHIN US

October 24, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

The boy pushing the wheelchair stopped at the foot of the steps, unsure of how to navigate them. “There’s only three, I can do it,” said his brother, and carefully stood up from the chair to climb them himself. “It’s a miracle! He can walk!” shouted the first boy. At which announcement, the whole cafeteria […]

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SCRIPTURE MATTERS! Seven Reasons to Pick up the Bible and Read

February 7, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

I grew up in a Bible-believing, Bible-reading, Bible-loving Protestant family. You could say that the Bible was our Sacrament: it was the place where we met God. At least, it was the place where my parents met God, and the place from which they dispensed wisdom and taught us right from wrong. I wasn’t much […]

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HOW TO GROW AS A DISCIPLE WITH SCRIPTURE

January 25, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

All over the world this week, Scripture is being specially celebrated by Catholics in the first-ever “Sunday of the Word of God.” Parishes will mark the day in various ways. Many will enthrone the Bible in their churches. They will honor and pray for people who teach and translate and study and proclaim God’s word. […]

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GET READY TO MEET JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW

January 10, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

Starting January 12, the Sunday Gospel readings in 2020 come for the most part from the gospel of Matthew. While all the gospels cover similar ground, Matthew’s gospel stands at the door to the New Testament as a bridge from the Old, showing how Jesus is the fulfillment of not only the hopes of the […]

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WHICH CATHOLIC BIBLE SHOULD I USE?

January 3, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 7 Comments

I’m holding in my hands a brand-new Bible, one I have been waiting for for 20 years: the hot-off-the-press English Standard Version – Catholic Edition (ESV-CE). It was a Christmas gift from my son Clay, who works and studies at the Augustine Institute, which published it last month as The Augustine Bible.   Isn’t it […]

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START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT: BUILD A BIBLE READING HABIT

December 31, 2019 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

How would your life be different if you read the Bible every day — or if you turned to it as often as you do your smartphone? Pope Francis asked that question and had this to say: “If we had the Word of God always in the heart, no temptation would be able to estrange […]

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THE ABC’S OF READING ST. PAUL—and an example to encourage you

August 16, 2019 By Sarah Christmyer 4 Comments

I wouldn’t call St. Paul the master of the tweet. It would take three full tweets, in fact, to cover 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 — and that’s one of his shorter quotables. But it’s definitely worth sending out to your friends, if only they’ll pause long enough to take it in: “Blessed be the God and […]

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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