If you want to know about God and what He requires in your life and how you should live, you must make the Bible absolutely central to your everyday reading. There is no where else that can tell you what you need to know. You cannot afford to listen to someone else's ideas, you need the Bible only. If you have a good pastor he or she will be feeding the word to you, but you still need to search the sciptures to make sure he has got it right. You must not be a lazy christian depending on some else, having a second hand faith. You must energetically search the sciptures for yourself. The Holy Spirit will help you if you ask. You must also been prepared to have dearly held views challenged. The Bible is no ordinary book, if you approach it sincerely it will change your life and that may be painful. Often our lives need drastic measures to bring us into the light. But it will be worth it.