Focus In, Focus Out: A Simple Bible Reading Strategy

08/18/22 • 17 min

In today's episode, I talk about at a simple Bible reading strategy that can pay huge dividends in unlocking Scripture. That strategy is to focus in and focus out while reading Scripture. And then we'll illustrate that by looking at one particular passage, Mark 9:14-29.
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⏰ Timestamps:
0:36 – Introduction
3:27– Different Focal Lengths While Reading Scripture
6:36 – An Illustration from Mark 9:14-29
15:41 – A Challenge
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Bite Size Seminary - Focus In, Focus Out: A Simple Bible Reading Strategy

Transcript

JC Schroeder00:00:00.120

Hello friends. In today's episode, we're going to look at a simple Bible reading strategy that can pay huge dividends in unlocking Scripture. That's strategy, it is to focus in and focus out while reading Scripture. And then we'll illustrate that by looking at one particular passage, Mark 9:14-29. All right, let's dive into it. I'm JC Schroeder, and this is Bite Size Seminary.

JC Schroeder00:00:36.076

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