{"id":3540,"date":"2019-05-10T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T09:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2019-05-10T09:02:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T09:02:40","slug":"the-power-of-simplicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/the-power-of-simplicity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Simplicity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do we make the Bible too hard? Or do we think that because\nthe Bible is our foundational truth it should be hard to validate its immense\nmeaning? The Bible is what we build our lives and faith on. We need to be\ngrounded in the Word, and God in his wisdom delivered it to us in letters,\npoems, books of history\u2014ways that we could understand and that would bring us\ncloser to him. But in our attempt to go deeper, have we created barriers to the\npowerful simplicity of reading God\u2019s Word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immerse: The Bible Reading Experience<\/a> <\/em>was born out of the necessity to help people engage or reengage with God\u2019s Word. Hundreds of people stop reading their Bibles every day, and if we aren\u2019t reading God\u2019s Word, how can we build our lives on its truth? Without Bible reading, lives are not being built on that foundational rock and are instead resting on the shifting sands of others\u2019 beliefs and cultural norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immerse<\/a><\/em> focuses on three core ideas: reading a naturally formatted Bible, reading at length, and having unmediated discussions about it together. By simply reading and then gathering once per week in \u201cbook club\u201d style groups, people have a place to voice their questions, talk about their concerns, and celebrate \u201caha!\u201d moments together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each <\/a>Immerse<\/a><\/em> experience is designed to take a group through a significant portion of the Bible in eight weeks. It\u2019s intentionally uncomplicated. It simply gives people the opportunity to read the Bible, discover its story, and journey through it with their community. By returning to a more natural Bible reading experience, we believe people can truly read and understand God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019re delighted that entire church congregations, small groups, book clubs, families, and even unexpected communities (read how <\/a>Immerse <\/a><\/em>is being used in Angola Prison<\/a>) across the country are reading Immerse<\/a><\/em> together. By creating an environment where people feel encouraged to share, it invites people into a better understanding of God\u2019s Word and a deeper relationship with him and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about <\/a>Immerse.\ufeff<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n


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