1. Bible Study Methods & Contemporary Issues

2. Welcome!  Make sure you get a handout or paper.  If you are new to the class make a list of 1 to 5 contemporary issues you think we should study in this class.  Something to write with…with which to write  Bible  My email: chadmanderson@hotmail.com

3.  Contemporary Issues: What would it take to convince you?

4.  Why Study the Bible?  State of our Hearts, Minds, Souls, and Bodies

5. Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods 12 Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God’s Word

6. Preview of Some Bible Study Methods  The Devotional Method of Bible Study  The Chapter Summary Method of Bible Study  The Character Quality Method of Bible Study  The Thematic Method of Bible Study  The Biographical Method of Bible Study  The Topical Method of Bible Study

7. Preview of Some Bible Study Methods  The Word Study Method of Bible Study  The Book Background Method of Bible Study  The Book Survey Method of Bible Study  The Chapter Analysis Method of Bible Study  The Book Synthesis Method of Bible Study  The Verse-by-Verse Analysis Method of Bible Study

8. Some Rules: Ignore the Numbers Context, Context, Context Humility

9. 9 Hermeneutical Tools >Bible Translations: >Concordances: >Bible Dictionaries & Encyclopedias: >Books on Bible study skills, methods, rules, and principles: >Bible Atlases >Commentaries: >Grammars & Lexicons: >Theological Works:

10. Bible Study Method: Devotional  S in to confess? Do I need to make any restitution?  P romise to claim? Is it a universal promise? Have I met the condition(s)?  A ttitude to change? Am I willing to work on a negative attitude and begin building toward a positive one?

11. Bible Study Method: Devotional  C ommand to obey? Am I willing to do it no matter how I feel?  E xample to follow? Is it a positive example for me to copy, or a negative one to avoid?  P rayer to pray? Is there anything I need to pray back to God?

12. Bible Study Method: Devotional  E rror to avoid Is there any problem that I should be alert to or beware of?  T ruth to believe? What new things can I learn about God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, or other biblical teachings?  S omething to praise God for? Is there something here I can be thankful for?

13. Defining The Terms Observation: What do I see? What does the text say? What are the facts? You are dissecting the text. > Interpretation: What does it mean? We are to interpret objectively what the author meant.

14. Defining The Terms Application: How does it work? How will I allow the Bible to transform my life for His glory?

15. Defining The Terms Exegesis: Ex= “ from ” or “ out of ” or “ Draw out from ” Exegesis is allowing the Bible to speak out to us objectively and for us to draw out from the pages of Scripture the meaning of the text.

16. Defining The Terms Eisegesis: Eis=into Eisegesis is reading into the text subjectively something that really isn ’ t there. It is speaking our agenda ’ s into the Bible, as opposed to allowing God ’ s agenda speak out to us.

17. Defining The Terms Literary Genre: Is the literary form that the text falls under and the rules that govern that form. (Ex. Is it poetry or a historical narrative? Is it a metaphor or letter of exposition?)

18. Defining The Terms Context: Context refers to the authors willed meaning of the passages surrounding the text being study. It is that which follows before and that which follows after, of the that which is being investigated.

19. Defining The Terms Norms of Language: It ’ s all the possible meanings a word can have in the original author ’ s given language. (Ex. The word love has various meanings in our culture.)

20. Defining The Terms Norms of Utterance: Is the specific meaning that the original author meant by the word, phrase, sentence and so on in the text. The task in interpretation is to discover this one intended original meaning that the author has given to the text.

21. Defining The Terms Meaning: The meaning of the text is that pattern of meaning that the author willed to convey by the words he used. It ’ s what the author meant by the words he wrote. A passage will have only one meaning but many possible implications and applications.

22. Defining The Terms Implications: Implications are those Implications are those meanings in a text of which the author was unaware of but nevertheless legitimately fall within the pattern of meaning he willed. (ex. Eph. 5:18)

23. Defining The Terms Significance: Significance refers to how a reader responds to the meaning of a text or the application of the meaning to ones life. (Ex. Matthew 28:19-20 The great commission for one may be a Prof. at a Bible college, an over seas missionary, a pastor, being a witness at work, or support missions by giving)

24. 24 Presenting the Rules of Observation > Questions: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How? > Words & Phrases: That are Emphasized, Repeated, Related, Contrasts, Comparisons.

25. 25 Presenting the Rules of Observation > Grammar: Norm of Utterance/Word Meanings, Sentence Structure, Verbs, Subject and Object. > Literary Genre: Historical Narrative, Epistles/Letter, Psalms/Poetry, Legal Writings, Prophetic/Apocalyptic, Wisdom Literature, Figurative; Parables, Metaphors, Idioms, Allegory.

26. Bible Study Method: Devotional

27. Groups 1.Psalm 15 2.Romans 12:1-13 3.1Thess. 5:12–22 4.1 John 4 5.Genesis 11:1-9 6.1 Peter 1:1-9 7.Revelation 4 8.Mathew 13:1-9 9.Ecclesiastes 1 10.Proverbs 31:10-31 11.Psalm 34 12.John 1:9-18