Icebreaker: What are you currently reading? Have you or how many times have you read the Bible through? Overview: While attending a Christian retreat, we were taught the practice of Lectio Divina. Basically, you select one Scripture passage which you read slowly, then you read the passage again reflecting on words that stand out to you, after reading the passage a third time you pray for God to speak to you through His Word and repeat back what you heard Him say and finally you thank God and rest in His Word. The Bible is God-breathed and useful for our development as Christians. This week during your quiet time try Lectio Divina using today’s Scripture, 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Discussion: Read 2 Timothy 3:10-17. Sola Scriptura (Latin: by scripture alone) was a foundational doctrinal principle of the Protestant Reformation held by many of the Reformers, who taught that authentication of scripture is governed by the discernible excellence of the text as ...
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