Since I've just read chapter 7, I'll start there. The idea is simple - and searching. Listening to the words of the Bible is an act of love toward the God of the Bible. Words are important because they are a personal communication from one person to another. To listen to another's words is to take that person seriously, to love them. True with people, true with God.
Scot (yes, only one "t" for this loyal Scotsman) points out that listening to another's words means being not only attentive, but also receptive. We absorb the words and their message(s), and we respond to them appropriately. The appropriate response to God is to act on the basis of what his words tell us. How we respond to God's words is how we respond to God.
