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Lesson OneThe Bible Tells God’s Story8 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Power of God’s Story7 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeThe Message of God’s Story7 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourThe Reader of God’s Story7 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveThe Context of God’s Story7 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion2 Activities
Participants 82
Share Your Thoughts
Share your responses to the following questions.
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What challenges have you faced in reading and understanding the message of the Bible? Why is it useful to consider the communication circle when you read a passage of Scripture?
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6 Replies
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There seems to be so many names of the people and places that are unpronounceable. This presents a challenge to the understanding of the Bibles message. The communication circle helps to bring together the author and his readers. This circle tells how what the speaker says, what the words do and also what the listener hears and does.
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It helps to live in the text and understand the message. It’s all to easy to read the words and not mentally digest them.
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It helps to breakdown the passage and makes our reading and understanding more effective i.e. we consider the words spoken, their purpose (promise/encourage, warn, command) and the response to give or that was given, and how much it matches the purpose of the word
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Looking for the message to be internally harmonious with other biblical messages
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The flesh can get into the way. As I learn Gods word, I find some words had to act on. As I see/hear what words do, it requires action that my flesh struggles with. How easily God and loves, holds accountable and in some cases forgives is not natural with in human nature.