How finely crafted words help us pay attention to God's world.

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Overview

Some stirrings of the heart and groans of the spirit don’t translate well into prose or three-point reports. That’s when poetry says things best. As we look at the Bible and John Stackhouse’s article, let’s answer the following: Why do we need poetry?

Table of Contents

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 109:1-19; 2 Samuel 1:7-17; Psalm 148; Song of Solomon 4:1-8; Isaiah 40:18-26; Revelation 21:1-5a

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: The Bible uses poetry to express a full range of emotions.

—Teaching point two: The Bible uses poetry to depict the sublime and the indescribable.

—Teaching point three: The Bible uses poetry to imagine what we haven’t yet experienced but what we look forward to with hope on account of our faith in Jesus Christ.

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