More Than A Song - Discovering The Truth Of Scripture Hidden In Today's Popular Christian Music

Send us a textYou know you "own" the story when you can tell it and re-tell it in your own words and not lose the meaning. This is what Jon Foreman's song "Your Love Is Strong" inspired me to do with Scripture this week. Not only that, but it sent me straight to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and a very special model for prayer. Let's not waste any time jumping right into Matthew 5-7! On this episode I discuss: Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include: Context Read in a variety of translations Write out Scripture in your own words The lyrics in the song, "So why do I worry? Why do I freak out?" as it relates to Matthew 6:25-34 An example using Psalm 8:1 where I rewrote it using my own words and my friend Teri rewrote it in her own words Comparing a portion of Matthew 6 in the English Standard Version and in The Message - Matthew 6:5-13 Using my own words as I wrote out the Lord's Prayer - Matthew 6:9-13