|
Study Guide for
the Book of Faith Assembly Video |
 |
|
One way of
opening Scripture and joining the conversation in your
congregation or organization is to watch the Book of Faith
video together and engage each other through some of th e
accompanying Bible studies. The video suggests just a few of
the many ways that the Bible renews, enlivens, and empowers
our daily lives.
The Video
This video was created for the 2007 churchwide assembly
to invite us all to join the Book of Faith initiative and
open up the Scriptures. The text of the video is comprised
entirely of passages from the Bible. The visual aspects of
the video are designed to suggest that the Bible lives in us
and though us as we go about our daily lives.
Download this video
WMV, 17MB
Click here for the
quotations used within the video.
|
These
two passages are read at the beginning of the video.
Then each subsequent scene is linked to one phrase
from either Colossians 3 or Psalm
 1.
Each phrase in turn gives rise to one or two other
passages from the Bible, building a picture of ways
in which the Bible enters our hearts, our minds, and
our lives.
The two
guiding passages of the video are from Colossians 3
and Psalm 1:
|
Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly;
teach and admonish one another in all wisdom;
with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms,
hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever
you do, in word or deed, do everything in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the
Father through him.
Read and/or
view this Bible study
Psalm 1:1a, 2-3
Happy are they...whose delight is in the
law of the Lord. They meditate on God’s teaching
day and night. They are like trees planted by
streams of water, bearing fruit in due season,
with leaves that do not wither.
Read and/or
view this Bible study
 These
two passages are read at the beginning of the video.
Then each subsequent scene is linked to one phrase
from either Colossians 3 or Psalm 1. Each phrase in
turn gives rise to one or two other passages from
the Bible, building a picture of ways in which the
Bible enters our hearts, our minds, and our lives.
| The twelve
other passages and their links with
Colossians 3 and Psalm 1 are as follows: |
|
Accompanying Bible Studies
To help you think together about how the
Bible works in and through us, we have
gathered together 15 short Bible studies
written by teachers throughout the church.
These studies are intended to feed rather
than to co ntrol
the conversation your group will engage in.
The two bible studies which accompany the
guiding passages from Colossians and Psalms
are in both video and written form.
Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson invites you
into the study of Colossians 3:16-17. Book
of Faith Director Diane Jacobson invites you
into the study of Psalm 1. The remaining
Bible studies are in written form only and
each are accompanied by their own questions.
Suggested Approaches and Questions
Invite your gathered group to
watch the video and share responses.
You may wish to consider these
general questions: |
-
How
does the Bible feed your daily
life?
-
How
does the Bible feed the life of
this community?
-
How
are we renewed, empowered, and
enlivened by the Word?
-
What
stands in the way of our opening
the Bible and joining the
conversation?
|
As you engage each of the
various biblical passages
from the video, you might
want to ask the following
questions: |
-
What is God saying to us
through this passage?
-
What does this passage
tell us about God?
-
How does this passage
speak to us as
individuals and to us as
a community?
-
What does this passage
teach us about our
neighbors and our world?
You might then take some
initial time delving into
the two passages from
Colossians 3 and Psalm 1.
Both of these passages give
insight from the Bible about
our interaction with the
Bible. Watch either or both
of the accompanying videos
on these passages.
|
After you listen or
read the short study
on Colossians 3, you
might ask the
following questions: |
-
How do we dwell
in the Word?
-
Is Scripture our
first language
of faith?
-
What would we
like to see
happen in our
community to
help Scripture
become our first
language of
faith?
|
After you
listen or
read the
short study
on Psalm 1,
you might
ask the
following
questions: |
-
How do
we
"meditate"
on the
Word
together?
-
In what
ways do
we take
delight
in the
study of
the
Bible?
-
What are
we
rooted
in?
-
Does
studying
God’s
word
together
help us
to be
like
trees
providing
fruit or
leaves
for
others?
Each of the
remaining
short Bible
studies
approaches
the study of
the Bible
from the
perspective
of one
teacher of
the church.
Each study
contains a
number of
questions to
invite you
into the
conversation.
You might
talk about
which
passages
stand most
at the
center of
your faith
and which of
the
approaches
works best
for your own
setting. As
the Book of
Faith
initiative
unfolds over
the next
several
years, you
will have
opportunities
to study the
Bible as new
readers of
Scripture or
as readers
who want to
go into
books and
passages in
greater
depth. These
initial
studies are
designed to
help you
talk
together
about how
you hear and
experience
the Bible in
your own
setting.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|