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I am a terrible Bible study participant.
Growing up Protestant in a Catholic school, I was early-infected with the spiritual pride of knowing the Scriptures better than my peers. I had no patience for my peers or humility to learn from my teachers and thus absorbed very little of substance from my religion classes.
After converting to Catholicism in college, I immediately switched my major to theology; I wanted to dive in as deeply as possible. And while I’d like to report that the years have humbled me a bit, I still find myself susceptible to the spiritual pride of my youth.
I catch myself feeling resistant to attending Bible studies. The content feels dull and remedial; I am impatient to dive into something meatier. I try to suppress the urge to share what I know, but I can’t keep myself quiet.
Recently, God has been working to change my heart. I had the urge to dive more deeply into Scripture, so I signed up for “The Bible in a Year” podcast on the Ascension App. I also read Francine Rivers’s “Lineage of Grace,” a collection of biblical short stories about the women in Jesus’s family tree. From the very first story, I realized I had been handed the sanitized Sunday school version of Scripture, and I was dying to learn more.
Continued below.
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Growing up Protestant in a Catholic school, I was early-infected with the spiritual pride of knowing the Scriptures better than my peers. I had no patience for my peers or humility to learn from my teachers and thus absorbed very little of substance from my religion classes.
After converting to Catholicism in college, I immediately switched my major to theology; I wanted to dive in as deeply as possible. And while I’d like to report that the years have humbled me a bit, I still find myself susceptible to the spiritual pride of my youth.
I catch myself feeling resistant to attending Bible studies. The content feels dull and remedial; I am impatient to dive into something meatier. I try to suppress the urge to share what I know, but I can’t keep myself quiet.
Recently, God has been working to change my heart. I had the urge to dive more deeply into Scripture, so I signed up for “The Bible in a Year” podcast on the Ascension App. I also read Francine Rivers’s “Lineage of Grace,” a collection of biblical short stories about the women in Jesus’s family tree. From the very first story, I realized I had been handed the sanitized Sunday school version of Scripture, and I was dying to learn more.
Continued below.
How to study the Bible the Catholic way
In deeper connection with Scripture, discover how Catholic resources and intentional Bible study can transform your relationship with God.
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