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This project came about after what I thought was going to be a fairly simple task of teaching a group of junior high students a few basic inductive Bible study principles that would help them to dig into the Word on a daily basis. The class wasn't forced upon them; they wanted to learn how to study the Bible for themselves. So, I agreed to share some of what I have learned about studying the Scriptures with them. I even threw in some clever (or at least I thought so) illustrations and examples that teenage minds could relate to, in an attempt to make the class fun and memorable. But to my surprise, after forty minutes they were actually worse off then when we began; all I had to show for my effort was a room full of frustrated and confused teenagers.
The collective look of bewilderment on their faces was one of the scariest moments I've ever had as a youth pastor. However, the worst part of all was that I accomplished the exact opposite of what I had set out to do: instead of getting them excited about studying the Bible, they left feeling as though it was totally out of their reach.
What a disaster! I quickly realized that the biggest mistakes I made were:
1) Trying to teach them a method of Bible study that was too complicated for them to grasp.
2) Presenting it to them as if it was the only way to study Scripture.
I was determined to right this wrong, but first I needed to do a little research. So, I began to look for the perfect Bible study method - one that would open their young minds to the greatness of the Bible.
A personal quest began to grow out of my utter failure. Every day I searched for new study methods that would unlock God's Word. I read over thirty books (many out of print) and visited countless websites looking for the best Bible study methods. None of the ones I found were perfect, but many of them had interesting points of view and seemed like they would be fun to try. So I did. That is when I began to realize that I was onto something more than I anticipated at the start. My search resulted in not one, but numerous inspiring and challenging Bible study methods suitable for any Christian, young or old, who desires to draw nearer to the Lord through studying His Word.
In the end, I had compiled a list of forty different step-by-step Bible study methods. I tested each of them myself, improving upon some in order to make them a little more efficient and to the point. As I was doing the work, a desire to share my discoveries with others began growing in my heart. I wished that everyone could read the books and websites for themselves, but I knew that wasn't very realistic. So I did the next best thing. I decided to bring it all together in this one book, Learn to Study the Bible: Forty Different Step-by-Step Approaches to Help You Discover, Apply, and Enjoy God's Word.
More Bible Study Methods Than Any Other Book!
No other resource provides the large variety of Bible study methods, how-to illustrations, and study aids that are available in this one book. The hundreds of hours spent researching and proving these forty methods will enable you to find one that will fit your goals and begin enhancing your understanding of God's Word, today. Whether you are a teenager or a mature Bible student, a Sunday school teacher or a pastor, a stay at home mom or a busy executive: you will find in the pages of this book, a number of Bible study methods that will add excitement and enjoyment to your study of God's Word. In addition, you will have resources at your fingertips that will help you to train and encourage others who want to learn how to dig into the Scriptures as well.
Why Use a Method to Study the Bible?
Why do we need a method to study the Bible; isn't it enough to have a desire to know God's Word as we simply read the Scriptures? While a desire to know God's Word is an absolutely, necessary motivation, unless we have a plan to act upon, we are bound to fail. A Bible study method is a plan. So, each of the forty methods in this book provides a different plan that will help you to think through the passages you are reading. They will allow you to slow down and patiently and prayerfully reflect upon the Scripture you are studying. Each method provides questions to answer, charts to fill out, and a variety of other ideas on how to draw the most from your time in God's Word.
Each chapter in this book contains step-by-step instructions for a study method that you can immediately begin applying to your Bible reading. I would encourage you to try each of the forty methods at least once. They will teach you new ways to approach both difficult and familiar passages and help you to absorb more of their meaning. CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW!
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BOOK FOREWARD BY PASTOR DAVE ROLPH:
"I am so excited about the publishing of this book. Andy has done an amazingly thorough job of collecting a great variety of Bible study methods, and describes them in a useful, concise and practical way. I am frankly surprised that no one has done this before. We as Christians are, above all else, "people of the Book." And yet, so often people are frustrated in their attempts at studying the Bible because they either don't know how to get started, or they get bogged down in monotony because they just haven't been taught how to study the Word for themselves. There is nothing worse than taking a living book like the Bible and turning it into a boring and confusing tome, simply because we haven't been given the tools to bring out the amazing character of this Book.
Andy has done an exceptional job of giving the reader a lot of those tools. This book will prove to be a valuable resource for years to come, for any Christian who wishes to dig deeper into their Bibles, and for all those who have the opportunity to teach the Bible to others. It is a book that can be randomly opened up to almost any page and you will find a new and exciting way to encounter the Word of God. I look forward to hearing how God uses it in the lives of His children."
Dave Rolph has been involved in ministry at Calvary Chapel for over thirty years. He is a graduate of Biola University and Talbot Theological Seminary. Dave was an Assistant Pastor at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa for 25 years, and has served as Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Pacific Hills in Aliso Viejo, California for the last five years. He is heard daily on his radio program The Balanced Word, and is also one of the hosts of the nationally syndicated program Pastors Perspective. Dave was the general editor of The Word For Today Bible by Pastor Chuck Smith.
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book summary
Pastor Andy Deane's new book teaches you forty different step-by-step Bible study methods to help you discover, apply and enjoy God’s Word. Each practical method has a handwritten example to demonstrate to make it easy for you to follow the steps. Learn how to study the Bible with so much variety that you'll never get into the rut that routine brings ever again.
bible study methods
Daily Devotions, Daily Bread, Timothy Method, SPECS ON, Rethink & Restate, Alphabet Method, One At A Time, Six-Searches, Exhaustive Questions, 5 Ps Method , Verse By Verse Charting, Chapter Overview Method, Chapter Details Study, Book Overview Method, Book Details Method, Bible Characters, Biblical Topics, Bible Themes, Word Studies , Translation Comparison, Messy Bible, Modern Issues, 30 Days Each, Vantage Point , Royal Wisdom, Categorizing Proverbs, Meeting Jesus, Twenty Jesus Questions, The Commands Of Jesus, Truly, Truly, Study The Biblical Type, Study The Prayers, Study The Miracles, Study The Parables, Study The Psalms , Heart Monitor, Funnel It, Weather Report, Climb The Ladder, Cross Thoughts
These 40 Bible study methods will teach you how to study the Bible in simple, step-by-step ways with handwritten examples of the Bible study method to make it easy for you to understand.
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