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1、Leader GuideMaking Senseof Scripture11c h a p t e r 1What Is the Bible?Okay, so my first question is kind of basic, maybe even dumb.There are no dumb questions.Everyone says that.I mean it. Really. A lot of people think they should know a lot about the Bible and are embarrassed they dont, so they ne

2、ver join others in talking about it or trying to understand it. They dont want to sound dumb, but then they never learn anything.I often feel like that. I mean, I do know something about the Bible. I went to Sunday school as a kid . . . sometimes. But I dont remember much, and I dont feel like I kno

3、w enough.Dont worry about it. You arent alone, and you probably know more than you think. Even if you dont, even if you know next to noth-ing, whats the big deal? Youve got to start somewhere. Im just glad youre curious. So, really, no dumb questionsgo ahead.Okay, here goeswhat is the Bible, anyway?

4、A book.Making Sense of Scripture12Funny.Well, it is.Duh. I know it is. I was looking for a little more.Funny you should mention it, but there is something more.Go on . . .We get our English word Bible from the Greek word ta biblia. Thats actually a plural noun meaning “the books.” See what I mean? Y

5、oure getting a whole collection of books, a whole library, all under one cover and for one low price.Great value.Yeah, it is. But, seriously, it matters that the Bible is a collection of books.Sorry. I still dont get it.Well, think about books, about what they do.They tell us about stuff, give us in

6、formation.Sometimes.And they tell us stories.Yeah, that too. And thats really important because peopleall of ustend to make sense of our lives through stories.What do you mean?I mean that we do almost everything through storytell people about ourselves, learn about others, share our hopes and dreams

7、, just about everything. For instance, try to think of anything major in your life, anything that really mattered, that you havent shared with someone else in story.Thats hard to do. But Im still not sure why this matters.Let me give you an example. Like most kids, my kids love hearing stories. From

8、 Eric Carles Brown Bear, Brown Bear to Harry Potter, weve been reading to them since before they could sit up.13Chapter 1 What Is the Bible?Youre a good parent.Thanks, but thats not really the point. The point is, they grew up on stories. Now that theyre reading, its incredible how many sto-ries the

9、yve been exposed to. Not surprisingly, theyve started to use some of the characters and plot lines from books to make sense of things that are happening to them. I remember one spring after my daughter had read one of the Little House books where the Ingalls family cant afford any Christmas presents

10、. Do you know the scene Im talking about?I dont think I read that one.Well, you know the basic story of the pioneer family.Sure.Okay. Well, the scene Im thinking of is a pretty sad one. Pas had a tough autumn, with a poor harvest and not much game, so come winter theres no money to buy presents, and

11、 things are looking pretty dreary. But when the girls show up at church on Christmas Eve, there are presents waiting for them. Folks back East had sent them out so the pioneer children wouldnt go without Christmas presents. Well, my daughter thought that was so cool she decided that for her next bir

12、thday shed ask her friends to bring a donation for hurricane victims instead of presents.Shes a good kid.Thanks, she is a good kid. But thats not really the point either. Its more that stories are powerful. They shape the way we think about ourselves, our lives, and our world. Stories give us our id

13、entity. Say a little more about that.Let me try another example.Like I said, my kids love stories. And the stories they love best arent always even from books but are the stories we tell them about our family. You know, stories about their aunts and uncles and grand-parents. Stories about the funny things they did when they were kids. The funny things we did when we were little.

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