I so pray that as you went through your homework this week that you saw something new in Scripture. I probably could have recited the story of Christ’s birth and His life and His death for many years, but it wasn’t until it really moved me to tears that I really understood it.

When I read my Bible, and I want to encourage you to do this too, I put myself in the scenes. I try to imagine every detail around me. I want to know what it might have smelled like. What it might have tasted like. What...