Listen for the breathlessness of the narrative. Notice how fast Peter (the source for Mark) tells the story. Notice the lack of fanfare.
October 26, 2023
It was unnerving.
Psalm 23 loses its "Sunday school song" vibe when it is just words on a screen. Without the verse numbers acting like speed bumps, the shepherd leads you beside still waters in one uninterrupted breath. the bible txt
No chapter headings. No red letters. No study notes in the margins. No devotional commentary popping up at the bottom of the screen. No verse numbers breaking up the flow. Just the raw, continuous text. A massive .txt file. Listen for the breathlessness of the narrative
But what happens when you turn off all the noise? What happens when you read Genesis 1 as a paragraph, not a bullet-point list? What happens when you read Paul’s run-on sentence in Ephesians 1 without someone forcing a period where Paul didn’t put one? October 26, 2023 It was unnerving