Hundreds of hours are devoted to reading and studying the pages of the Bible. I am sure that most followers of Jesus have gone to or are a part of an ongoing Bible study. Bible studies come in all shapes and sizes. All colors and sounds. Here’s a type of Bible study that I have seen over the years in many churches.
It was bitter cold outside. The temperature was dipping into the low teens as Justin prepared the living room for the weekly meeting of the church’s Bible study. He stoked the fire to get it roaring so that the hot ambers would keep the room fuzzy warm as the group studied that evening. He could hardly wait for the evening session.
After the evening meal that all the small group shared together they gathered in the front room around the cozy fireplace and began to sing some choruses that truly bored Justin and were what his friend Jason called “Jesus is my girlfriend” songs. The melodic line almost caused him to gag and he would often put his finger down his throat while the group was singing mimicking a gagging action. Of course, no one would see him do such a thing because they all had their eyes closed and looked like they were in some kind of trance. More on The Bible Says What?
The Bible has been around for a long time, but not as long as God has. It’s been here for several millennia in its literary form and several millennia before that in its oral form. More on The Bible Can Be Difficult To Read!
There are several things that it seems necessary to know about the story as presented in Scripture that will help us read the story with more clarity. First, its main character is God. He is the hero of all the stories. Scripture shares his story in terms of his actions and words. We get to know a person by his or her story. We can get to know God better by understanding his story. More on The Story in Scripture
In Tom Wright’s book The New Testament and the People of God
Filed under General, Prologue, Tom Wright by DrWinn
