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This past Sunday, we continued our series on Reading the Bible by exploring one of the most common mistakes we make when reading the letters of the New Testament:
We often extract a verse without understanding the conversation. When reading a letter, the invitation is different:
Don't just extract the verse. Understand the conversation between the writer and the reader.
We introduced a simple Letter Blueprint to help us read the New Testament letters more faithfully:
Who is speaking, and who is listening?
Why is this letter being written?
What is the writer actually saying?
What is timeless, and what is situational?
How did this letter shape their lives, and how does it shape ours?
Then we put that framework into practice with one of the most quoted verses in the Bible:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)
When we slow down and read the entire conversation instead of isolating one sentence, we discover that Paul isn't primarily talking about limitless achievement. He's writing about something even more profound:
If your fundamental identity is secured somewhere circumstances can't touch, your sufficiency doesn't have to be renegotiated every time your circumstances change.
One of the biggest takeaways from the morning was this:
Don't ask what a sentence means until you've listened to the conversation it's part of.
If you've ever wanted to move beyond reading verses in isolation and begin reading the Bible the way it was written, I think this message will be incredibly helpful.
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This week we continued our series on reading the Bible, focusing on how to read the New Testament letters. We learned that when we read books like Philippians, Corinthians, Romans, or Peter’s letters, we are essentially “reading someone else’s mail”. These letters were written by real leaders to real churches in real situations, helping believers learn how to live under the new covenant.
The message introduced a simple framework for reading biblical letters:
1. “Who is speaking, and who is listening?”
2. “Why is this letter being written?”
3. “What is the writer saying?”
4. “What is timeless, and what is situational?”
5. “How did this letter affect their lives, and how does it affect ours?”
As we look at Paul’s relationship with the Philippian church, we discover a letter shaped by partnership, love, suffering, generosity, and encouragement. He had a deep relationship with the Philippian church. They were not just people he taught; they were partners with him. They supported him financially and cared for him when others did not.
Our challenge this week is to read Philippians slowly and thoughtfully, allowing Scripture to become not just a daily task, but a lifelong relationship. Our invitation is to move from reading Scripture as a checklist, to engaging it as a lifelong relationship. Instead of focusing on speed or quantity, we are being invited into depth, patience, and discovery.
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This past Sunday we continued our series on reading the Bible with a familiar story: David and Goliath.
Most of us know the story.
David. Goliath. Five stones. A sling. A giant falls.
But what if there’s more to the story?
One of the challenges of reading biblical narrative is that we naturally want to turn every story into a lesson, principle, or list of things we should do. But narrative often works differently. Sometimes the details we focus on aren’t actually the point.
So we introduced a simple Narrative Blueprint—five questions that can help us slow down and enter the story more faithfully:
Who is the narrator favoring?
What bigger story does this scene sit inside?
What is being reported versus commanded?
What patterns have we seen elsewhere in Scripture?
Where is the story ultimately pointing?
As we walked through these questions together, one of the Bible's most familiar stories began to unfold in a fresh way. We discovered that David and Goliath may be inviting us to ask a deeper question than simply: "What's your giant?"
Because David himself tells us the theological center of the story: “The battle is the Lord’s.”
The Bible is full of stories we may have heard our entire lives—and there is still more to see.
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How do we faithfully approach Scripture?
One of the biggest reasons people struggle with the Bible isn't because they don't love God—it's because they haven't been given the right lens to read it.
The Bible isn't one kind of book. It's a library filled with stories, poetry, law, wisdom, prophecy, letters, and apocalyptic literature. Each genre communicates truth differently, inviting us not only to learn something, but to be transformed by it. What makes the Bible so extraordinary is that within it lives all the genres of the human experiences.
Here are a few highlights from the message:
Genre is more than a category—it's a set of reading instructions.
Different genres ask different things of us. A Psalm shouldn't be read like Proverbs, and Revelation shouldn't be read like Romans.
God didn't give us one kind of book because we don't encounter truth in only one way.
The Bible doesn't simply give us information—it recruits every part of us into the encounter.
Faithful reading begins by allowing the Bible to tell us how it wants to be read.
Our hope is that as we learn to read Scripture on its own terms, we'll not only understand it more deeply—we'll encounter the God who continues to speak through it.
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At Studio, we want to be a place where God and people meet and to be a people known for our love. That kind of love doesn't happen by accident. It grows as we encounter Jesus and become more like Him.
One of the greatest things Jesus changes isn't simply what we believe. He changes how we see and engage with people.
Our world is quick to categorize, divide, and label. Before we know it, we stop seeing people and start seeing differences.
Sin constantly reduces people. God always restores people.
When we look at Jesus, we see a different way to live. He walked toward people. He shared meals with them. He listened. He healed. He touched the people everyone else avoided. Jesus was accessible, tender, humble, and He drew near. He crossed cultural and social boundaries because love was always greater than labels.
As His followers, He's inviting us to do the same. To live a life of honor, respect and great value for each other. Honor says, “I don't have to agree with everything about someone to recognize the image of God in them.”
Every person we meet carries immeasurable value because they were created in the image of God. What if we slowed down enough to really see people? What if we chose curiosity over assumption, honor over judgment, and love over fear?
This week, ask the Lord, "Who have I stopped seeing?"
Then take one simple step. Ask God what He loves about them. Start a conversation. Listen to someone's story. Encourage someone. Pray for them.
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