Reading x Listening to Scripture | Last Sunday | Pastor Miles McPherson

Main message: The preacher contrasts reading and listening as different spiritual practices, stressing that reading is a solitary, visual, reader-controlled activity while listening is an interpersonal, auditory practice centered on hearing God's voice and controlled by the speaker.

Key points:

• Reading requires only one person; listening requires at least two (a listener and a speaker).
• Reading is a visual act (perceiving marks on paper); listening is an auditory act (hearing voice).
• Reading can be done alone; listening depends on a partner to speak.
• Reading is controlled by the reader; listening is controlled by the speaker.
• Listening is presented as the way to hear God's voice.

Scriptures mentioned: none