Category: Personal Growth

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #11: Meditating On and Teaching the Bible

SUMMARY: The final two foundations of Bible study are meditating on the Bible, and teaching the Bible. These two disciplines and duties will aid your understanding of God’s word in wonderful ways.

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #10: Topical Bible Study

SUMMARY: Topical Bible study is the process of selecting a subject and researching that subject in the Bible. “Topical” Bibles and concordances are helpful in this method of study. However, one must be careful to study the word honestly and draw his or her own biblical conclusions.

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Lesson #9: Comparative Bible Study

SUMMARY: Psalm 119:160 says, “The sum of your word is truth” (ESV). This means that God’s word is true in each of its individual parts. When studying a passage of Scripture, it is extremely important to determine whether the Bible gives more information about that passage elsewhere in Scripture. This is called comparative Bible study.

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #8: Studying Biblical Words

SUMMARY: The Bible is the verbally inspired word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Spiritual live is found in the words of the Bible (Matthew 4:4; James 1:21). Therefore, it is important to study the words of Scripture.

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BlueLetterBible.org – This is the resource that is used throughout the presentation to look up the etymology of the words via Vine’s Expository Dictionary of the Bible.

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #7: Biblical Exegesis

SUMMARY: Exegesis means to bring out the meaning of a text as it was intended by the original author. It is the right and the obligation of every person to determine the meaning of the inspired text. How do we do that?

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #6: Analyzing the Bible by Chapter

SUMMARY: Almost all of the Bible’s chapters (either in part or in whole) have a definite development which, when studied, yields great riches. This lesson is designed to help us learn how to study and analyze the Bible by chapter.

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SURVEY OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE:

The following links are podcast episodes by Brad McNutt, a gospel preacher in Benton, Kentucky. 

• System of Study: Outline of the Whole Bible, Part 1
• System of Study: Outline of the Whole Bible, Part 2
• System of Study: Outline of the Whole Bible, Part 3
• System of Study: Outline of the Whole Bible, Part 4
• System of Study: Outline of the Whole Bible, Part 5
• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Kings
• 2 Kings
• 1 Chronicles
• 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Solomon
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Lamentations

LINKS:

• Apologetics Press – A great resource specializing in Christian evidences. There are hundreds of great articles archived on their website, plus great books and media available for sale.
• Apologetics Press FREE PDF Books – 25 titles online and downloadable for FREE.
• Christian Courier – Incredible articles by Wayne Jackson (and some by his sons, Jason and Jared).
• [Podcast] “How Can I Teach About the Bible Lands if I’ve Never Visited Them?” (Preachers in Training – season 1, episode 3)
• Bible Land Photos – Tony Lawrence’s (preacher for the Bybee Branch church of Christ in McMinnville, TN) website which features his personal, amateur pictures from the trips that he has taken to the Bible lands.
• Bible Places – Professionally produced pictures of the Bible lands. Specific places or entire sets are available for sale and can be used for presentations. The “Pictorial Library of Bible Lands,” and “Views That Have Vanished” sections are highly recommended.
• Bible Land Passages – A series of videos produced by World Video Bible School, hosted by members of the Lord’s church.
• Zondervan Atlas of the Bible ($22.63)
• [iOS App] Bible Maps PLUS – Free app with in-app purchases (note: if you were purchase all of the maps available as in-app purchases, the entire app would still only cost $5.99)
• Sketches of Jewish Social Life by Alfred Edersheim (free on BlueLetterBible.org)
• Studies in the Life of Christ by R. C. Foster (free on Google Books)
• Halley’s Bible Handbook ($29.99)
• [Podcast] “A Classic: Know Your Bible” (The Book Club – season 2, episode 2)
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia – In book form, this is a four-volume set of classic Bible encyclopedias. All of the content is online for free.
• The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (5 volumes, $179.99)
• BlueLetterBible.org – An incredible website (they also have an app) for Bible study. One of its many features includes integration with Strong’s numbers, making it easy to do simple Greek or Hebrew word studies.
• Gospel Advocate New Testament Commentaries (14 volumes, $229.99)
• James Burton Coffman Commentaries on the Bible – Many volumes in physical book form, but the content is online for free.
• The Prophets: An Old Testament Commentary by Wayne Jackson ($39.95)

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #5: Analyzing the Books of the Bible

SUMMARY: Now it’s time to put into practice the principles we have learned in the first four lessons. If we really want to understand the Bible, we must analyze the contents of each book.

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Lesson #4: Periods of Bible History

SUMMARY: An important key to effective Bible studying is understanding the different periods of Bible history. In his book A Study Guide to Greater Bible Knowledge, Wayne Jackson lists eleven periods of Bible history, which we use as the basis of this study.

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Lesson #3: An Introduction to Interpretation

SUMMARY: Some people treat Bible study as though it is some mystic process that prohibits anyone from really understanding the text. Statements such as “that’s just your interpretation” attest to that. The truth is, we can know the true meaning of the biblical text. This lesson is designed to help us avoid subjectivism and to handle God’s word with care (2 Tim. 2:15).

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Note: Effective Bible Study is a Sunday morning study for Q1 2016 at North Charleston. Below are slides and helpful resources pertinent to our class discussions.

Lesson #2: Reading the Bible & Deciphering Its Theme

SUMMARY: Reading the Bible is different from reading the newspaper. As we read, we should hang on every word, like someone reading a love letter. After all, every word is true and packed with meaning that we must understand (John 17:17; Psa. 119:160). How can we learn to maximize our efforts in reading the Bible to yield the greatest results?

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