Week 1 Oct 7 Week 2 Oct 14 Week 3 Oct 28 Week 4 Nov 4 Week 5 Nov 11 Week 6 Nov 18 Week 7 Dec 2 Dipping Your Toes & Intro The Jacuzzi The Kiddie Pool The Shallow End The Deep End The High Dive The Swim Test & Potluck The Spiritual Does not understand. “Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.” Matt 13:7 The Self Focused The worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word. “As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.” Matt 13:4 Decision Point Will trouble or persecution result in quickly falling away? “Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.“ Matt 13:5-6 The Immature Believer “I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.” 1 Cor 3:2 The Mature Believer “Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Matt 3:8 The Specialist “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” Acts 17:11 A recap of the class, with pre and post test growth, decision points on how to read the word. Takeaways. Dive Into The Bible with Scott Asher

Devotional Example 6 different reasons why I think we should read the Bible Bite sized chunks of opinion, with Bible verses Exegesis Example Read: the Parable of the SowerAsk: what does this look like now? Study Examples Ideas to build the habit (start of class) How to read the Bible correctly (as the class goes on)

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