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:

1. Willard’s four steps on how to read the Bible
2. A five-step outline for meditating on a text
3. The IMMERSE method
4. Preaching out of the overflow
5. How to let God speak to the church instead imposing your ideas into the text or onto the congregation

Links:

1. Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard, by Dave Ripper
2. The Dallas Willard podcast
3. DaveRipper.com
4. Deeper Experiences with God Podcast, with Dave Ripper
5. Dave Ripper on Instagram
6. Dave Ripper on Facebook
7. 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:

1. Bible roulette
2. The “It’s all in the Bible” View
3. Bible deism

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