Augustine
Pick it up and read it.
What is Tolle Lege?
Percentage of U.S. adults who read their Bibles
What is 35%?
Do people who have Bible normally read them?
What is NO?
Before the Printing Press this was the major barrier to individual Bible ownership.
What is Bibles were expensive and rare?
Why can the age of the Bible present a challenge for modern readers?
What are societal norms and understandings were different thousands of years ago?
I heard a child chanting "Tolle Lege"
Who is John Calvin
Approximate percentage of U.S. adults who regularly read their Bibles.
What is 22%?
This group of people had access to Bibles before the printing press.
Who are the wealthy?
This historical event was greatly facilitated by the increase availability of Bibles.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Understanding the cultural context of the Bible helps us to...
What is better understand the meanings and intentions of the original authors?
Augustine became one of the world's most important _______________
What is theologian?
Percentage of adults who read their Bibles regularly.
What is 9%?
This invention greatly increased access to the Bible.
What is the Printing Press?
This percentage of the world's population identifies as Christians.
What is 35%?
If the Bible was written in a cultural context foreign to us, what is one thing we should do to better understand it?
What is study the history and customs of the time?
The impact that reading the Bible had on his life.
What is it changed it?
About what percentage of U.S. adults who read their Bible's quarterly.
What is 66%
One reason that many people didn't read the Bible before the printing press instead of being poor.
What is illiteracy?
Approximately how old is the Bible?
What is 2,000years old?
Why is the cultural context of the Bible important to consider when reading it?
What is it was written in a cultural context different than ours?
What does "Tolle Lege" mean?
What is pick it and read it?
Number of Christians who are Protestants.
What is 600 million?
What is one of the challenges in understanding the Bible?
What is it was written in ancient languages?
Why is it important to learn how to read the Bible?
What is it is the most important book of all time.
What should we avoid when interpreting Scripture?
Filtering it through our own cultural understanding?