Chapter 7

In this chapter Krauter writes about investing our lives into reading the Bible. Krauter states in the beginning paragraph, "I did not really understand worship, let alone how to lead worship" (Krauter 325). By saying this Tom is saying that even when he wanted to be in worship he did not know how to lead or what worship was really about. But once he opened the Bible and started reading, he started to gain an understanding of what service through worship is really about. "The Scriptures were references for songs that we sang," Krauter stated in the chapter (Krauter 325).  Without the Scriptural reference then we wouldn't have context as to what we are really participating in, in regards to worship. At the end of the chapter he writes that you don't need to memorize Scriptures to understand and learn what worship is truly about but it is best if you read the Bible to gain context as to worship.

I really enjoyed this chapters complex message. As christians, we are told to read the bible repeatedly and if we don't do so then we aren't learning. But Krauter says we gain more then learning, we gain an understanding especially in the songs we are singing. How can we put emotion behind the songs we sing if we have no context as to what they are referring too. Krauter really teaches us that lesson in this chapter and really appreciate that. This chapter overall was interesting and intriguing because of its concept on reading the Bible.