Interpreting Scripture through Christ
Week One – Scripture in Practice
Discipleship Is Lived, Not Legislated
This opening practice introduces the heart of Walking His Way: reading Scripture through Christ rather than treating it as a fixed legal code. Through guided passages, reflection questions, and shared discernment, participants are invited to explore what it means to live Scripture faithfully—allowing Christ’s teachings to shape belief, practice, and community life. Designed for individuals or groups seeking thoughtful, Christ-centered formation.
Week 2 — Christ as Our Lens
Interpreting Scripture Through Jesus
This second practice deepens Walking His Way by exploring Christ as the interpretive center of Scripture. Through guided Gospel passages and shared reflection, participants consider how Jesus reads, fulfills, and embodies Scripture—and what that means for faithful interpretation today. The study invites discernment over certainty, relationship over rigidity, and responsibility in how Scripture is applied, especially in a modern world. Designed for individuals or groups seeking thoughtful, Christ-centered formation rooted in lived discipleship.
Week 3 — The Kingdom Reimagined
Why Literalism Can Distort Faith
This third practice invites participants to reconsider what Jesus meant by the “Kingdom of God” and how easily that language can be shaped by assumptions drawn from empire, power, and control. Through Gospel passages and guided reflection, the study explores how Jesus consistently reimagines the Kingdom as relational, communal, and lived among people—rather than imposed from above. Participants are encouraged to examine how literal or power-driven interpretations of faith can distort Christ’s teachings, and to consider what it means to live as citizens of a Kingdom marked by service, humility, and faithful love. Designed for individuals or groups seeking Christ-centered formation that resists domination and nurtures embodied discipleship.
Week 4 — Faith and Freedom
Why Coerced Belief Is Not Faith
This fourth practice invites participants to examine the relationship between faith, freedom, and conscience through the life and teachings of Jesus. Building on Christ’s rejection of domination and control, the study explores why authentic faith cannot be enforced without being distorted. Through Gospel passages, early church witness, and guided reflection, participants consider how coercion undermines the Gospel, how freedom strengthens discipleship, and why Christianity has always depended on invitation rather than force. Designed for individuals or groups seeking Christ-centered formation rooted in trust, humility, and freely chosen faith.
Week 5 — When Faith Seeks Power
The Temptation of Christian Authority
This fifth practice invites participants to examine how Christianity’s relationship with power has shaped faith across history. Building on Jesus’ rejection of domination and the early church’s witness without authority, the study explores what was gained—and what was lost—when faith became aligned with political and cultural power. Through Gospel passages, historical reflection, and guided discussion, participants consider how power reshapes discipleship, why faith loses clarity when it seeks control, and what it means to follow Christ with humility, trust, and integrity. Designed for individuals or groups seeking Christ-centered formation that prioritizes discipleship over dominance and witness over authority.
Week 6 — Loving Our Neighbors in a Plural World
Christlike Ethics Without Control
This sixth practice invites participants to explore how Christians live with moral conviction in a world of deep disagreement. Building on Jesus’ teaching in the parable of the Good Samaritan and Paul’s call to live peaceably, the study examines how fear can reshape ethics and how neighbor-love challenges the instinct to control. Through Scripture and guided reflection, participants consider what it means to hold conviction without hostility, practice compassion without surrendering truth, and trust that love persuades more faithfully than domination. Designed for individuals or groups seeking Christ-centered formation that embodies mercy, humility, and courageous witness in a plural world.
Week 7 — When Politics Tempt Our Faith
Fear, Identity, and Moral Certainty
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Week 8 — Walking His Word Forward
A Faith That Transforms Without Dominating
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