Discover the Joy of Bible Eating: A Simple Guide to Understanding and Appreciating God's Word

CONCERNED SHOPPER: Don't think I have been more excited about an instruction. Easy to read and use. Would recommend.

Canada on Oct 06, 2023

Terri: I got the audio book first and listened to it. I am getting the written book to help with the actual reading plan. I have a deep seated fear/anxiety of reading The Bible due to things that were said to me as a child. It always seems like an enormous endeavor that I am never going to be able to do. This plan has already got me reading The Bible and I am really excited and think I can definitely do this!

United States on Sep 25, 2023

Sonia-Rose LyleSonia-Rose Lyle: This is a practical and helpful book on how to learn and love God's word. I recommend this book to anyone who is new to Bible study and wants to get back into it again.

United States on Jun 16, 2023

Crocotom: Nach Jahrzehnte langem einmal im Jahr die Bibel zu lesen, hatte ich immer den Eindruck es fehlt etwas. Nate Pickowicz hat mit seinem Buch etwas angestoßen,was es war.
Es ist gut die Bibel zu lesen, aber diese Liebe zum Wort Gottes fehlte mir. Während der Lektüre bat ich im Gebet das Gott in mir diese Liebe weckt, was geschah. Ab morgen, 01.01.2023, habe ich einen neuen Bibelleseplan. Ich freue mich darauf!

Germany on Dec 31, 2022

Kate: The Bible can be a daunting book for many people; and trying to read it all in one year, as many plans suggest, can seem overwhelming. “How to Eat Your Bible”offers a doable approach to Bible reading and study, and contains many helpful tips and insights. The Bible is a beautiful, complex, glorious, and supernatural book; and we need supernatural help to read, understand, and apply it. Pickowicz not only reviews the basics of why and how to read the Bible, he shows how delightful and personally enriching it is. May all who read this book immediately grab their Bibles, and make it the highest priority of their lives to read, study, learn, and love God’s Word. Those who do will say with Jeremiah, “Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” (Jer. 15:16 RSV)

United States on Jan 30, 2022

Gary E. Gilley: How to Eat Your Bible: A Simple Approach to Learning and Loving the Word of God
by Nate Pickowicz (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2021), 143 pp., paper $13.99.

Pastor Nate Pickowicz has written a simple guide for reading Scripture that both informs and encourages Bible study. The author claims the discovery of John MacArthur’s Bible reading plan revolutionized his own approach to the Bible (pp. 9, 31-34). Before this discovery his own biblical reading program was virtually nonexistent and, with an aversion to plans tilted toward rapidly going through the Bible in one year (p. 28), he found MacArthur’s approach inviting. Simply stated, the MacArthur plan calls for reading a book of the New Testament 30 times before moving on to the next book and repeating the same approach. Larger books, such as Matthew, could be broken down into shorter sections. Pickowicz eventually modified MacArthur’s program into what he calls the “The Seven Year Bible Plan” (pp. 123-135) which he recommends to his audience. The author states his direction on page 30:

Instead of plowing through a few verses and then speeding off to work, slow it down. Instead of laboring through the...

United States on Jul 09, 2021

Ok I’m Sus ByeOk I’m Sus Bye: I first saw this book featured in a YouTube interview with the author. By its conclusion, I wanted to get this book asap. I've attended church for over 45 years, but in the past year I have learned I didn't know how to study the Bible at all. This was why I felt so compelled to read this - learning to eat our Bibles is absolutely critical to growing in faith.

It is a quick read and I devoured it in about a week. It is just so well done, I cannot stress this enough. Nate lines out every point so clearly with the Word of God that - whether brand new to the faith or a seasoned believer for decades - can be understood and applied. The flow is amazing - he ordered the subjects in a logical progression that seems natural. Each point required the point previously covered - he maintained this style throughout. Nate didn't jump ahead; in fact, he encourages to not be intimidated by the process and especially not to skip ahead but to stay the course til the book's end.

This is much more than a simple Bible study plan. Nate unpacks faith, God, His Word, the importance of history and culture, and so much more! He also maintains slowing down to really grasp the text instead of...

United States on Apr 26, 2021

laurence edgar: Very encouraging read, what better topic to write on than encouraging people to feast on the word of God. Buy it and eat.

United Kingdom on Jan 20, 2021

Angela Bergmann: Nate was someone just like me who struggled to read (and enjoy and retain) his Bible. Then, he found a method that worked for him. I’m so glad he wrote this book. It’s an easy, quick read, filled with scripture and lots of helpful tips to help you get the most out of your Bible reading experience. Highly recommend!

Canada on Jan 10, 2021