A Taste, and the Two Whys

Part: Start

Today we don’t talk about Bible study — we do one. Then we’ll say why. Grab a Bible or your phone and open to Mark 1:16–18, the calling of Simon and Andrew.

Read it aloud, twice. No setup, no explaining “fishers of men” — just let it sit.

Tell it back. Close the book and retell the story in your own words. If it comes out thin, read it again. That retell is the first taste of the whole method — it’s how you know you’ve actually swallowed the passage, not just seen it.

Now run it through the four questions — your first pass. Sit in the silence; don’t rush to the “right answer.” There isn’t one waiting on a slide.

1. What does this passage show me about God?
2. What does it show me about people — and about me?
3. What will I obey — a command, an example, or a promise?
4. Who will I tell this week?

What you just did has a shape: 🍞 Eat → 🥣 Digest → 🌱 Grow. You ate the Word and digested it; the growth is God’s part, not yours.

And there are two whys behind opening the Bible at all — the two reasons this whole course exists:

• To grow. To be changed, not just to learn more.
• To reach. To carry it to someone else.

I used to think studying the Bible was mostly about learning more. It isn’t. It’s about being changed and passing it on.

Your “I will”: pick one day this week to do one study on your own — with a real day named, not “sometime.” Next module opens by asking how it went.

Close: “Make me bold, make me humble.”