1. Inductive Bible Study

2. Inductive Bible Study
Observation – What does the text say?

3. Remember, the Bible means what it says.
Focus on what it says.

4. Remember, the Bible means what it says. Focus on what it says.
4 Steps to Careful Observation

5. Remember, the Bible means what it says. Focus on what it says.
4 Steps to Careful Observation
Pray

6. Remember, the Bible means what it says. Focus on what it says.
4 Steps to Careful Observation
Pray
Read the text several times

7. Remember, the Bible means what it says. Focus on what it says.
4 Steps to Careful Observation
Pray
Read the text several times
Read the text in another version

8. Remember, the Bible means what it says. Focus on what it says.
4 Steps to Careful Observation
Pray
Read the text several times
Read the text in another version
Answer questions

9. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?

10. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?

11. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?
List any names mentioned

12. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?
List any names mentioned
Pay careful attention to names for God

13. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?
List any names mentioned
Pay careful attention to names for God
List any titles of persons or God

14. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?
List any names mentioned
Pay careful attention to names for God
List any titles of persons or God
Who is writing the text?

15. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
1. Who?
Who is in the text?
List any names mentioned
Pay careful attention to names for God
List any titles of persons or God
Who is writing the text?
To whom are they writing?

16. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
2. Where?

17. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
2. Where?
Where do the events take place?

18. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
2. Where?
Where do the events take place?
Any references to location in the text?

19. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
2. Where?
Where do the events take place?
Any references to location in the text?
Notice prepositions (in, on, over, above)

20. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
3. When?

21. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
3. When?
When do the event happen?

22. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
3. When?
When do the event happen?
Any references to time in the text?

23. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text

24. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
What are the characters in the text doing?

25. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
What are the characters in the text doing?
What is the main subject of the text?

26. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
What are the characters in the text doing?
What is the main subject of the text?
Create a simple outline of the text

27. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
5. Why?

28. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
5. Why?
Why did the author bring up the subject?

29. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
6. How?

30. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
6. How?
Any references to how things happen?

31. Observation – What Does the Text Say? 6 Questions to Ask the Text
6. How?
Any references to how things happen?
How to live out the Word