missionary journeys. He was impressed by their openness to instruction and their uncommon diligence in studying the Scriptures on their own. Paul says of the Berean believers, “These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). Did you notice the balance between receiving truth and searching it out? The Bereans scrutinized Paul’s teaching in light of the