Rediscovering the Bible You Thought You Knew – Week 2:
Questions Are Welcome Here
Introduction
Last week we slowed down with Genesis 3. Many of us reviewed how the garden scene felt new: Footsteps, hiding, calling.
That’s because slow reading makes space for something else: Questions.
Most of us were taught that good Christians have answers, not doubts. But the Bible itself is full of honest, raw, searching questions.
This week we practice the second habit: Bring our questions to the text. God can handle them.
Questions in Scripture
God’s first words after the fall: “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9) Please realize, Jesus asked over 300 questions in the Gospels.
Questions are not rebellion. They are relationship with the Messiah.
Practice This Week
When a question rises while reading, write it down. Don’t rush to answer. Let it sit.
Try Genesis 3:24
Read slowly:
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Ask whatever comes:
· Why the east side?
· Why cherubim, not angels?
· What does the flaming sword guard against?
Daily Question Practice
Day 1–3: Genesis 3:24
Day 4–6: John 18:1 + 19:41 (two gardens)
Day 7: Revelation 22:1–2 (river and tree)
Ask 1–3 questions each day.
Remember them, speak them aloud, or write them down, whatever helps embed these words into our being.
Q: Why is this simple reading prompt so important to us? Why all the effort for such a simple goal?
A: We are reading to fulfill the promise:
“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” (Hebrews 10:16)
Let the words you read be inscribed so that you are transformed.
Conclusion
Questions are doorways, not dead ends.
They build faith, not destroy it.
They prepare us for deep conversation with God.
They mean we’re engaged with the text, not defying it.
Reflection: What honest question rose from these passages this week?
Share in the comments, our questions encourage one another.
Next Saturday we’ll learn how to spot patterns the writers hid in plain sight.
See you on the ancient paths.
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