LIVING BY THE BOOK

How to Study the Bible

WHY PEOPLE DON’T
STUDY THE BIBLE
Chapter 1
• Sin, Sin
• Dusty, Dirty
• In it
• Neglected
WHY STUDY THE BIBLE
Chapter 2
• Essential
• Attitude
• Desire
• Aim
• Time
• Understand,
Use
• Prepared
COSTS OF BIBLE STUDY
Chapter 3
• Effort
• Reward
• Time
• Openness to
God
• Openness to
Change
• Money
AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROCESS
Chapter 4
• Observation

• Interpretation

• Application
STEP ONE – Observation –
What do I See?
Chapter 5
• See
LET’S START WITH A
VERSE
Chapter 6
• Terms
• People
• Cause-Effect
• Define
• Place
• Jerusalem
• Judea
• Samaria
• Inhabited earth
• Whole
• Limit
YOU MUST LEARN TO
READ
Chapter 7
TEN STRATEGIES FOR
FIRST-RATE READING
Chapter 8
• Thoughtfully
• Repeatedly
• Patiently
• Selectively
• Prayerfully
• Imaginatively
• Meditatively
• Purposefully
• Grammatical
• Literary
• Biographical
• Geographical
• Historical
• Chronological
• Ideological
• Acquisitively
• Telescopically
• Connectives
• Context
• Whole
• Historical
WORK WITH A
PARAGRAPH
Chapter 9
• Context
• Label
• Trivial
SIX THINGS TO LOOK FOR
Chapter 10
• Emphasized
• Space
• Purpose
• Order
• Movement
• Repeated
• Characters
• Incidents
• Patterns
• Related
• Alike
• Unlike
• True to Life
STEP TWO – Interpretation
– What Does it Mean?
The Value of Interpretation
Chapter 11
• Interpretation
• Meaning
• Why
• Language
• Cultural
• Literary
• Communication
HANDLE WITH CARE
Chapter 12
• Misreading
• Distorting
• Contradicting
• Subjectivism
• Relativism
• Confidence
 WHAT TYPE OF
LITERATURE IS THIS?
Chapter 13
• Exposition
• Narrative, Biography
• Plot
• Characterization
• True
• Parable
• Poetry
• Wisdom
• Prophecy
 FIVE KEYS TO
INTERPRETATION
Chapter 14
• Content
• Context
• Literary
• Historical
• Cultural
• Geographic
• Theological
• Comparison
• Concordance
• Culture
• Consultation
FIGURING OUT THE
FIGURATIVE
Chapter 15
STEP THREE – Application
– How Does It Work?
The Value of Application
Chapter 16
• Substitute
• Superficial
• Rationalization
• Emotional
FOUR STEPS IN
APPLICATION
Chapter 17
• Know
• Text
• Yourself
• Relate
• Meditate
• Practice
NINE QUESTIONS TO ASK
Chapter 18
• Example
• Sin
• Promise
• Prayer
• Command
• Condition
• Memorize
• Error
• Challenge
NOW AND THEN
Chapter 19
• Then, Now
• Culture
• Power
• Communication
• Money
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Generations
• Religion, Worldview
• Arts
• History, Time
• Place
THE PRINICPLE OF THE
THING
Chapter 20
• Correlate
• Real
• Course
A PROCESS OF LIFE
CHANGE
Chapter 21
• Decision
• Plan
• Follow