Broken by the Bible | The Writings | Ecclesiastes 8

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

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Have you ever been broken by the Bible? Has the the truth of Scripture ever forced you to change your mind? Has it forced you to change your life? In today's episode, Jeff shares how Ecclesiastes 8 attempts to break our sense of pride and certainty and encourages us to embrace our limits with humility. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Ecclesiastes 8

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Jeff Parrot.
0:17.0	Have you ever been broken by the Bible? I know that probably sounds like a strange question, so let me explain.
0:21.0	The phrase being broken is taken from Alan Jacob's book How to Think.
0:26.2	Awesome Book by the way.
0:28.0	He actually borrows that phrase from Leah Lebresco Sergeant as she describes the culture of debate at the Yale Political Union.
0:37.0	When the Yale Political Union evaluates whether someone in their organization is ready for a leadership position, they ask that person two questions.
0:46.2	The first is this, have you ever broke someone on the debate floor?
0:50.9	To break on the floor is to change your mind right there in the middle of a debate.
0:56.0	To change your mind and adopt the position of your opponent.
1:00.0	This is a very rare occurrence and obviously a high mark of achievement in the debate world.
1:05.4	To argue so convincingly that your opponent breaks on the floor.
1:09.8	That's to reach the pinnacle of public persuasion.
1:13.3	It's an impressive accolade suggesting that someone may be ready to take on a leadership
1:17.5	role.
1:18.5	But this is only the first question that the Yale Political Union asks. The second question is far more
1:26.2	interesting and it's this, have you ever broken on the floor? Have you ever changed your mind in the middle of a debate?
1:35.6	And for the Yale Political Union, the correct answer to that question should be yes.
1:42.0	If someone was actually ready to lead, they had to have the humility to admit that they'd been wrong, that they'd bumped into their limitations.
1:51.0	Sergeant describes the importance of this second question this way.
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