Deeper by Dane C. Ortlund
Week 6: Chapter 5 — The Bible
Read Chapter 5 of Deeper by Dane Ortlund. Key passages: Psalm 119:105; John 5:39–40; 2 Timothy 3:16–17.
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Ortlund turns to Scripture as a means of grace, but with a distinctive emphasis: the Bible's transforming power is unleashed not when we simply read more of it, but when we read it as a window onto Christ himself.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Ortlund warns against a kind of Bible reading that is merely informational — gathering facts, tracking themes, completing reading plans — without being relational, a meeting with the living Christ on every page. Does that warning land? Which mode of Bible reading have you most often defaulted to?
2.Jesus tells the Pharisees in John 5:39–40: "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life... yet you refuse to come to me." What is the warning here for serious, disciplined Bible readers? How can diligent Bible study actually become a substitute for encounter with Christ?
3.Ortlund argues that every part of the Bible — not just the New Testament — is ultimately pointing to and finding its coherence in Jesus Christ. How does this Christo-centric reading of Scripture change how you approach Old Testament texts, especially difficult or obscure ones?
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