When you were growing up, what was your relationship with the Bible like — did it feel familiar, foreign, exciting, confusing, or something else entirely?

If someone handed you a Bible right now with no instructions, what would you most naturally do with it — read it, set it on a shelf, open it randomly, something else? Why?

Keith describes William Tyndale and others dying just to get the Bible into ordinary people's hands. What do you think it was about Scripture that made the powers of the day so afraid of people reading it for themselves?Reflect

Jesus says in Matthew 5:17 that he came not to abolish the law and the prophets but to fulfill them. In your own words, what's the difference between those two things — and why does it matter how we read the Bible?Reflect

Keith points out that Jesus reads the Bible as a story in search of an ending, with himself as the climax. How does that reframe the way you might approach a passage — especially one that feels distant or confusing?Reflect

Jesus says that not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will disappear from the law. What does that kind of confidence in Scripture invite from us in return?Reflect

Keith lists several honest reasons people drift from Scripture — busyness, confusion, digital distraction, and even pain tied to how the Bible has been misused. Which of those resonates most with you, and why?Reflect

Has the Bible ever been wielded against you in a way that left a mark? If you feel safe sharing, what has that done to your relationship with Scripture?Reflect

Think about the disciples on the road to Emmaus whose hearts burned within them as Jesus opened the Scriptures. Have you ever experienced something like that — a moment when Scripture felt alive and personal? What was that like?Reflect

If you're being really honest, what would it mean for you personally to move toward Scripture rather than away from it right now?Reflect

Keith invites us to try on the practice of reading Scripture this week — not as an obligation but as an experiment. What might a small, realistic first step look like for you given where you actually are right now?Apply

Is there someone in your life — a friend, a housemate, a family member — you could read even a short passage of Scripture with this week, the way those early followers of Tyndale read it together by candlelight?Apply

Before next week, try sitting with one passage slowly — not to study it or master it, but just to listen. What passage, even a familiar one, might you bring that kind of attention to?Apply

Our church is trying on this practice together. As you go into this week, what's one thing you want to pay attention to or notice about your experience with Scripture — so that when we gather again next week, you'll have something honest to bring back and share with the group?Apply