This is a very scary phrase. But it is important that we start here. No one comes to the Bible with a blank slate, including YOU.
Each of us is walking into this journey with feelings, opinions, questions, issues, and struggles.
Maybe you’ve tried to read the Bible for many years, but it never seemed to take.
Maybe you are reading it for the first time, and you are filled with excitement about what you will learn.
Maybe you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to read the Bible through this year, and this is part of that.
Everyone comes into this with their own unique perspective and experience. You see, I think we jump ahead, leaping over one important question that is a total game-changer for our relationship with the Bible.
What is the Bible, exactly?
Is it a book?
Is it a book of books?
Is it a repository of ancient knowledge?
Or, is it something that speaks today?
The Bible is one of those things so common in church that none of us stop to ask this simple question: What is it?
The answer to this question might not be what you think it is.
But rest assured, it’s a whole lot better.
This week, we are going to look at what the Bible says it is.
Video 1: Why we struggle so much to read the Bible
Reading the Bible doesn't have to be a struggle
Reading the Bible isn't homework
The Bible is better than you think it is
Video 2: Why we struggle so much to read the Bible
Reading the Bible doesn't have to be a struggle
Reading the Bible isn't homework
The Bible is better than you think it is
Lessons
Week 1: What is the Bible?
Week 2: Why the Bible?
Week 3: What is the Bible all about?
Week 4: What does it mean to "read" the Bible?
Week 5: How do you build a habit of reading the Bible?
Week 6: The surprising Benefits of Reading the Bible
