Scripture Meditation: Gregory the Great: Scripture as a River
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Gregory the Great: Gregory the Great: Scripture as a River
This is a spiritual discipline on depth of Scripture and growth, drawing on Isaiah 55:10-11, Hebrews 4:12 and Psalm 119:130.
Gregory the Great (d. 604) used a beautiful metaphor for Scripture: "Holy Scripture is like a river, broad and deep, shallow enough for a lamb to go wading, but deep enough for an elephant to swim." He meant that Scripture is accessible to the simplest believer yet inexhaustible for the most learned theologian. Gregory taught that the same passage of Scripture yields different fruit at different stages of the spiritual life.…
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