{"id":57591,"date":"2006-01-02T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-03T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=57591"},"modified":"2023-01-02T21:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T03:32:53","slug":"i-study-my-bible-like-i-plow-my-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-study-my-bible-like-i-plow-my-field\/","title":{"rendered":"I Study My Bible Like I Plow My Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tAuthor Unknown\n

\"\"A farmer explained: “I study my Bible like I plow my field. Oftentimes when I’m plowing or breaking new ground, my plow will get hung under a root, and if I’m going at a pretty good clip it will really jar me. But I don’t get mad and beat my mule and burn my plow. No, I just back up a little, ease over the root and get on with my plowing. Next time around I’ll probably hit that root again and it still shakes me up, but I don’t quit farming. I just back up, ease over the root and keep on working. Pretty soon I have hit that root so many times that it’s loose and the first thing you know I plow right through it and don’t even notice it. I’ve got it shook loose. That’s the way I study the Bible. When I come upon a hard passage, it might shake me up a little bit, but I don’t throw away my Bible and quit the Lord on that account. I just ease over it and keep on studying. The next time I read that passage I jar it a little bit more. I keep on doing this until finally, because of information that I have gathered from other parts of the Bible I am able to jar the passage loose. I understand it.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author Unknown A farmer explained: “I study my Bible like I plow my field. Oftentimes when I’m plowing or breaking new ground, my plow will get hung under a root, and if I’m going at a pretty good clip it will really jar me. 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