
The Church Lobby Ep 120: Experiencing Scripture Like Dallas Willard, with Dave Ripper
Karl Vaters talks through some helpful guidelines with Dave Ripper about how to read, meditate, and teach from the Bible in a richer, deeper way.
Dave is the lead pastor of Crossway Christian Church, a multicongregational church in southern New Hampshire, focused on spiritual formation, and is the author of Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard.
Karl and Dave explore who Dallas Willard was, and what his way of reading the Bible can do for us, including:
- Willard’s four steps on how to read the Bible
- A five-step outline for meditating on a text
- The IMMERSE method
- Preaching out of the overflow
- How to let God speak to the church instead imposing your ideas into the text or onto the congregation
Links:
- Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard, by Dave Ripper
- The Dallas Willard podcast
- DaveRipper.com
- Deeper Experiences with God Podcast, with Dave Ripper
- Dave Ripper on Instagram
- Dave Ripper on Facebook
- Contact Dave Ripper
Bonus video summary
Three Warnings from Dallas Willard about How Not to Read the Bible, with Dave Ripper
In this subscriber-only bonus material, Karl Vaters talks with pastor Dave Ripper, the author of Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard, about why Bible readers should stay away from:
- Bible roulette
- The “It’s all in the Bible” View
- Bible deism
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