The document discusses how to approach reading and understanding the Bible. It recommends coming with a humble and listening heart, allowing Scripture to shape you, and looking for who God is before what the texts say. The overarching message is that the Bible is deep enough for all people to engage with and find meaning, and is a story that can help readers find their purpose and place in the larger narrative.

1. Classes 9:
Moving Forward

2. The Bible is deep
enough for an
elephant to swim and
shallow enough for a
toddler to wade.
to wade.
to wade.

6. The Bible is a symphony we
are invited to listen to and
participate in.

7. These are written that you may believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in his name.
-John 20:31
-John 20:31

9. Dial 1: Humility
•What has often happened among our tribe:
•“Preach the Word; be prepared in season
and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage -with great patience and careful
instruction.” (2 Timothy 4:2)
•“Christians only, not the only Christians.”

10. When we read Scripture,
we need to come with a humble,
listening heart.
heart.
•“Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a
light for my path. I have taken an oath and
confirmed it, that I will follow your
righteous laws.” -Psalm 119:105-106

11. When we read Scripture,
we need to allow it to shape us.
us.
• “People live by stories that locate their lives in the
larger picture of the world. Stories express a way of
viewing reality. From these stories, we can discover
how to answer our most basic questions: who are we,
where are we, what is wrong, and what is the solution?
Stories help us find our place. A community without a
narrative explaining where it came from and where it is
going will lose its purpose and die.” -God’s Holy Fire

12. When we read Scripture,
we need to be looking for
a Who before a what.
.
.
•What is the BIG question you
are bringing to the Bible?