Holy Book Reflection

Ferrin’s process of inductive Bible study takes on a relational approach that consists of three essential parts or phases titled Foundation, Framing, and Finish Work. The structured methods encompass studying a book of the Bible and internalizing it rather than just memorizing the words (p. 3). The author diligently explains how that through the devoted application of all phases individuals and group Bible study participants are sure to “fall in love with God’s Word” (p. 3). Ferrin presents and or describes Scripture internalization as taking in the truth and then applying it to everyday life or living. Ferrin pointed out that the benefits of understanding biblical messages book by book include the Living Word of God becoming a reality within persons that grow more enjoyable and rewarding as time comes and goes.

It’s very important to know the story of the bible because it teaches us how we were created. We were created in the image and likeness of God. The story of the bible also lets us know about Jesus, his fall, his rise, etc. It teaches us some of the different covenants God made to us. It also talks about the prophets of the bible.

This was not due to its content but to its repetitiveness. I grew up studying and reading the Bible, so I was already familiar with the things we were reading. I will say it had been a while since I had sat down and read the Bible, so I was able to find new things to analyze. I was intrigued and fascinated by the conversations that were held in class. The question if God was always present or if he knew all was something that I had never thought about before. My initial answer was always yes, but after discussing Genesis in the class I thought more about how God was present in the lives of those we read about. Analyzing God was something I had never done before. The in-class conversations were eye-opening, but I preferred all the other texts we read in the class because it was new material for me, and I felt I could learn more from something I wasn’t previously familiar with.

• We must follow the Old Testament Laws that are also shown in the New Testament. VII. How did your experiences shape your understanding of and relationship with God? • The experiences that shaped my understanding and relationship with God was when God let me know that, I was the chosen one to help make disciples of the nation by utilizing my spiritual gifts and talents that God bestowed to me. The Lord blessed me thus, I can be a blessing to others.

Walking into class for the first time, I did not know what to expect. I grew up going to church every Sunday and going to Sunday School after the church service, it was a Christian household. I know the stories, the important Bible versus and the songs. I would say that I know my faith, my faith was something that I knew and I wouldn 't question it. It was something I was confident with since its something I have known since birth. In this class we question faith, we question everything, even Jesus. I am learning that questions are the best way someone can learn. While reading Night, The Plague and The Gospel of Mark, I got to explore the meaning of the word God.

The Bible is not simply a good book; it is the best book! It is not just a religious text, but it is a literary masterpiece that mixes consistent real-life historical events with religion and literature. If you like to read a mixture of literary genres then reading the Bible would be right up your alley because this book is full of narrative genres, stylistic forms, poetry and prose. The reader doesn’t even have to have a particular religious orientation to take an interest in reading the Bible because the Bible can be read as a novel, filled with stories of flavorful characters, murder, war, sibling rivalry, deceit, and mayhem. It is an interpretive portrayal of human experience in artistic form.

Understanding the what the bible is trying to convey to us is important. The reason why we should study and understand the Old Testament is because it is very influential in the formation of many nation, cultures, and civilizations along with helping to find how we can implement the teachings of social justice within our

I can find realness, relevancy and meaning in each of the stories we read this week, as well as each of the stories we have read up to this point in our class because there were parts of each book that I can relate to. Looking at the Bible as a whole there will always be parts of each book that you can associate yourself with because ultimately it is like Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz explain in Knowing the Bible 101: A Guide to God’s Word in Plain Language “The whole Bible is the story of God’s plan of salvation for fallen man” (p. 120). In each of the books we have read you can read of pain, sorrow, triumph, knowledge and redemption, and each of these pieces are also found throughout our story.

you can see the stories and lessons of the Bible without actually opening it, but by looking in books and movies we see everyday. to go to the most highly recognized story “The Lion King” is an allusion of the story of Moses. related in many ways each story has a wrongful accusation of an innocent man’s death, both exiled and had to leave the only land they had ever known. Both main characters were contacted by a spirit , God or Mufasa, for guidance. They both also take this advice, and rescued their people from the horrible threats of hatred. This analogy compares to six of the detailed Foster said to look out for in a story to “connect the dots” to a biblical background. the Lion King also has the representation of the three things a biblical reference should have: “a serpent, an apple, and at least a garden.”.the Garden of Eden in this story would be Simba’s kingdom he would one day rule. then a serpent to tempt him with an apple. Or in Simba’s case the evil villain Scar, his serpent, and the temptation of being freed of

reading community” (115-116) Scripture when read as a story of what God has done and is doing today, gives us a complete picture of God's reconciliatory plan for humanity. This is very significant for me because by being aware of all scripture as the grand story of God no book or chapter is less significant because the book is part of the grand story of God. I will still struggle with some books like the Songs of Solomon, but after acquiring this new perspective from right, I can read the book with new lenses and try to figure out it connects to the story of God, but I believe I can only do that with the help of the Holy Spirit.

St. Jerome, said” ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” When I learn to know God through the Scriptures, the more I see how much our Heavenly Father loves me, the more I fall in love with Jesus, and the more I trust the Holy Spirit to guide me. And then it made me Love my family unconditionally,

The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics,

Throughout the bible, and reading it once more by Marcus Borg, a common idea as it relates to a religious experience, is that the Bible is a human product. Throughout chapter two, Borg continuously describes the Bible as being a product of humans. He explains on page 22 that he sees scripture through the lens of the Bible being a human product, meaning that it is the “product of two ancient communities” (22). He believed that what the Bible explains things to be are words from the communities of ancient Israel and the early Christian movement. “We cannot talk about God (or anything else) except with the words, symbols, stories, concepts, and categories known to us, for they are the only language we have”, made me think about the idea that

Ever since I was born I have been attending church. At this young age they teach you everything about the main stories or the main points of the Bible. At my church I learned stories from Noah’s ark to the story of Adam and Eve eating the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I learned about who was the narrator of the Bible and who created our earth. I never knew who were the people that printed out the pages or chose a specific font for the Bible. I didn’t have the background knowledge of what country or if it were the Romans that actually created the Bible. In this world there has been several theories that the Romans were the ones that wrote it or it was the English that wrote it and printed it out. After reading the book “How we got the Bible” by Neil R. Lightfoot, it gave me the right knowledge and understanding of who wrote the wonderful collection of books. Understanding how we got the Bible means that we have to know how it was written, on what it was written and who wrote it.

I always knew about the bible, it would be very hard not to when you live in a Christian household and not to mention my dad being the Senior Pastor at my church. These going through the motions continued into my teen years and being a typical teenager, I start to question why I was doing the things I would do. During all the questions I asked I started to drift away