You may not identify it as such, but all your searching, reading, comparing, and sharing of the Bible on Bible Gateway are the beginning elements of what’s called “Scripture Engagement.” They’re only the start because fully engaging the Bible is a growing, developing, relational process that has as its ultimate objective enjoying a deep, meaningful, and engaging relationship with God.
We’ve now partnered with the Taylor University Center for Scripture Engagement (@TaylorU_CSE) (TUCSE) to create a dedicated Scripture Engagement section on Bible Gateway consisting of practical exercises and activities you can undertake to regularly interact more meaningfully with the Bible. You can access this section through our top navigation bar—just hover over or click the word “Bible” and click Bible Engagement in the dropdown menu:
Take your time exploring the different topics in our Scripture Engagement section. You’ll find that it describes and offers 12 Bible-reading practices intended to help you intimately know God and become a closer follower of Jesus:
- Lectio Divina
- Praying Scripture
- Memorizing Scripture
- Singing Scripture
- Journaling Scripture
- Hand Copying Scripture
- Scripture Engagement through Visual Art
- Storying Scripture
- Speaking Scripture
- Manuscript Bible Study
- Dramatizing Scripture and
- Public Reading of Scripture.
These practices all dovetail with our extensive and free online library of more than 200 Bibles.
Bible surveys seem to indicate that, while the Bible continues to be the top international bestseller, a large percentage of people are not reading it as often or as attentively as their Bible ownership might indicate. This new partnership with TUCSE will help the millions of users of Bible Gateway (including you) to not only read the Bible, but to also incorporate its life-changing teachings into their (your) everyday living. It’s very much in keeping with our mission statement: to honor Christ by equipping people to read and understand the Bible, wherever they are.
We pray that you’ll give holy attention to the regular practice of Scripture Engagement on Bible Gateway.