Rootedministry iconRootedministrySep 28, 2026

Don’t Just Tell Teenagers to Study the Bible, Show Them Why

Too often, I have treated the Bible as a prop in the play called "My Life" rather than as the living, active Word of God. At times, I've been content to see Scripture as merely useful—which it certainly is—without stopping to behold it as beautiful.

Don’t Just Tell Teenagers to Study the Bible, Show Them Why

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Too often, I have treated the Bible as a prop in the play called "My Life" rather than as the living, active Word of God.

At times, I've been content to see Scripture as merely useful—which it certainly is—without stopping to behold it as beautiful.

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Too often, I have treated the Bible as a prop in the play called "My Life" rather than as the living, active Word of God. At times, I've been content to see Scripture as merely useful—which it certainly is—without stopping to behold it as beautiful.

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