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Inductive Bible Study Flashcards

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Why do we study the Bible?

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2 Timothy 3:16-17
Need for Effective Technique
1) The importance of Bible study
2) The benefits of Bible study
3) The goals of Bible study

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What is the importance of Bible study?

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God has spoken, so we must listen
All scriptures is inspired “God-breathed” “The breath of God”
(Same life-giving power that He breathed into Adam)
God’s word is Him speaking to you as if you were face-to-face
This is what God wants us to know
This is what God says

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What are the benefits of Bible Study?

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Teaching: Positive instruction about God & His will (warm fuzzy) (instruction b4 game)
Reproof: Negative instruction pointing out sins and inadequacy (cold prickly) (@ half time what doing wrong)
Necessary, a mirror, intended for conviction and change
Correction: Restoring to an upright position (what God’s word does for us when we fall) (Half time: what we will fix)
Training in Righteousness: Pedagogy- overall upbringing of child to maturity
Living in a right way that pleases God (cheering on during 2nd half game)

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What are the goals of Bible Study?

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Being an adequate Christian, equipped for every good work
-the Exercise of Bible study produces spiritual fitness for serving God
-A Holy Habit of spiritual formation

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What are three common procedures of studying the Bible?

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Common approaches to Bible Study Analytical, devotional, commentary

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What is the analytical mode of studying the Bible? What are its benefits and limitations?

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Telephone directory- massive data without plot. Amassing data, facts, and nothing else
Benefits: Precise understanding of words- what the passage is saying & develop skill of observation
Limitations: verse-by-verse may miss forest by staring at a single tree–> lopsided doctrine

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What is the devotional mode of studying the Bible? What are its benefits and limitations?

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Wishing well, need a blessing from the Lord, need an answer: Bible roulette, NO deep study
Benefits: Got blessing/met need: Feel good
Limitations: Misuse of text, nagging question of is that what the text really meant prevents you from putting the weight of your life on that interpretation

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What is the commentary mode of studying the Bible? What are its benefits and limitations?

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Peeking over the shoulder
Benefits: Accurate interpretation (highly trained, lots time) & Meaningful, specific application speaking to the heart
Limitations: They do the work, we don’t truly study Bible
Depend on what others say God said diminishes personal application (brother says dad said to take out trash)
God’s word second hand
Takes away from joy of Bible Study and hearing from God yourself (Go on your own date)

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What are the four components of an ideal procedure of Bible Study?

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Ideal Procedure
1) Maximum accuracy (know what text is saying A,C)
2) Maximum application (D,C)
3) Maintain personal joy of discovery
4) Reasonable time commitment: 30min/day 5days/wk minimum
-need skills that can be used efficiently

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What is the overview of the inductive method?

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Observations (data points) –> –> –> Idea (focus) –> –> —> applications (explode into areas of life)

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Why does one need to stretch before the exercise of Bible Study? (skip)

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The Bible is not just another book. It is the word of God requiring us to prepare personally

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What are the stretches of Bible Study? (skip)

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  1. Salvation: unsaved are spiritually blind, dead, and unable to understand
  2. Reverence for God’s Word: Remember what we are studying, do not treat carelessly/flippantly
    -sitting before sovereign God of the universe and hearing what He has to say to you
  3. Humility: centuries study ++ views
    -All have interpretive blind spots b/c experiences
    -Do not dismiss w/o being willing to learn
    -Seek to learn what God wants you to believe
  4. Objectivity: Let the Bible speak for itself
    -It is not supporting material, do not look through lens of prejudice
  5. Commitment to Obedience: not just curious Gods opinion
    -Commit before you open the book to obey what God teaches
  6. Dependance on the Holy Spirit: John 16:13- guide into all truth
    -He teaches and guides must depend on Him not self
  7. Diligence: Rewarding & demanding, requires something from us
    -What you put in: quality/time/diligence: determines what you get out.
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What are the 7 steps of observation?

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Survey reading, historical background, unaided observations, interpretive questions, observation of terms, observation of structure, and bible study tools.

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Why do we survey read? What are the aspects of survey reading?

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Also called skimming or pre-reading the reason we do this is to get the gist of things
1) Take about five minutes to survey the book see the neighborhood. No details, just what kind of book this is
2) Be a detective look for obvious clues that will help you to know the direction you should go
3) Record your initial impression This often gets you on the right track

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What are the six aspects of historical background?

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  1. Read through the book in one sitting
  2. Develop an interpretive framework
  3. Educated hypothesis of the original situation
  4. When possible use biblical data from other boos to illuminate historical background
  5. Information from experts
  6. Organize data by six categories
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Expound on historical background: read straight through. (Skip)

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Read through in one sitting without stopping (@ comfortable pace to get some details while getting the big picture)

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Expound on Historical Background: Develop initial framework. (skip)

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This is the outer edge of the puzzle for interpreting the passage (see how things fit in book)

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Expound on Historical Background: Educated hypothesis of the original situation (skip)

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From the passage consider what current situation the to which the author wrote to.

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Expound on Historical Background: Use biblical data. (Skip)

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When possible use biblical data from other books to illuminate historical background
i.e. using acts to illuminate epistles
using kings/chronicles to illuminate the prophets

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Expound on Historical Background: Information from experts. (Skip)

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Make discerning use of information from experts such as Biblical dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases
Histories of biblical times, study bibles, commentaries (do not let these replace your work)

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Expound on Historical background: Record and Categorize information.

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Sources of information: 1) explicit statements from the passage–can find chapter and verse
2) Implicit clues, no verse but it is implied
3) Information from experts
Types of info: Bring together information on:
1) Author - who & what about
2) Recipients - who & what like
3) Setting - of author, of recipients, of more general setting of environment
4) Theme - what are the major topics (some from survey)
5) Purpose - why these topics
6) Tone (author sent messenger who knew what tone to read in)
must think about this and it may vary throughout the text.

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What are unaided observations? (skip)

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(Begin focus on passage)
What you can find without assistance (notes, study bible, websites)
Allows the Holy Spirit to speak first giving you the initial impression
Write full statements about what you see and the meaning

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What is important to keep in mind with unaided observations? (skip)

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Requires digging, skill will improve, a lot more than at first glance. Must not invent observation.
Look for what God put in the text, not what you can read into it.

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What are interpretive questions? What are the four kinds?

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Questions that must be answered to understand the text fully
1) Informational: basic who, when, what, where - important start
2) Inferential: Why & How -more insight, learn more allow for deeper digging
3) Applicational: so what, - how does it apply to life
4) Hypothetical: if, then - get you thinking in fresh directions
(If Paul used these occupations back then, what occupations would he use now - must understand why chose what chose)

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What is observation of terms and how do we do this?

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Morpheme, Funnel Chart, Exegesis vs. eisegesis
It is studying the actual words which is important because God inspired the Word in detail. To do this we must get back to the original language.
The quality of a question determines the quality of the answer/understanding gained

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What did the exercise “Put the Trunk in the Trunk” illustrate? (skip)

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Words can have many different meanings. Determine meaning by context and experience.

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What are the three parts of observation of terms? (skip)

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  1. Listen to the text on its own terms
  2. Focus on author’s most important words
  3. Consider both terms denotation and connotation
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What does it mean to listen to the text on its own terms (observation of terms)? (skip)

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Look for what the author was meaning.
If you don’t do this you will interpret subjectively and will not necessarily understand what God intended.
NOT: “What does this passage mean to you?”

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How do we focus on the author’s most important words? (skip)

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we do not have time to focus on all the words
Most important is
1. What the author stresses by repetition and key positioning (i.e. first/last word, both)
2. Words used in technical sense (theological weight, ie hope)
3. Author’s distinctive vocabulary (i.e. words author often uses in his works- known from historical background)
4. Words that give you trouble (words you had a question on)

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What does it mean to consider both term’s denotation and connotation? (skip)

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Denotation: strict meaning, a shepherd is one who takes care of sheep
Connotation: subjective meaning, a shepherd is hardworking, diligent, gentle etc.

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What does Morpheme mean?

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individual unit of meaning
it is a word or part of a word that has meaning
-most words have one (love), but some words have more than one (loved)
similar to phonics which is a phoneme: individual unit of sound

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What is semantic range?

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“range of meaning”
provides outer boundary of word/ word part
Words may have more than one meaning but certain things are outside of that range.
the semantic range of truth and Hebrew word batah are similar but not identical

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What is exegesis?

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The understanding that meaning resides in the Bible (it is what the author/Holy Spirit intended)
-We exegete meaning out of it to get God’s meaning
discovering the meaning the text had all along

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What is eisegesis?

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When one puts their own meaning in the Bible and we will quite possibly read something in that God did not mean.

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What is the funnel diagram?

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Above the funnel is Sematic range- what the term could mean in that language
The funnel is the usage- how it was used, first consider the usage in the testament, of the writer, of the book, and finally of the passage.
Below the funnel we have the specific meaning- what the term meant

This leads to a high degree of accuracy and a good decision on what the author is saying.
This answers the question what would the author have most likely meant when he used this term here?

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What is a way to do Greek Word studies? (skip)

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Go to Blue Letter Bible type in scripture passage. Click on verse reference, Click on Strong’s number find “outline of Bible Usage” this is the semantic range.
Discover usage by looking at bible verses it is in, Vine’s Expository dictionary when necessary and Theological Dictionary of the New Testament abridged (TDNTA)’Now think through specific meaning. Beable to write down rational.

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What is a misconception to avoid when practicing lexical analysis? (skip)

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Bible study is not just word studies this will make you miss the point. Bible study is becoming sensitive to how the words combine together in many combinations (Legos)

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What are two tools for observation of structure what is the key to these? What is the third aspect of observation of structure?

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Key: visualize entire passage on a single page
1) Synthetic chart: for longer passages- give paragraphs a topic sentence then group them (may have groups within groups)
2) Mechanical layout: for shorter passages- enables you to see better what the author is saying- separate main and depended clauses and pick out conjunctions
+ Laws of Composition

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What are laws of composition? What are the nine?

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A way to construct literature in the way that will be most effective to get message across
1) repetition:
2) similarity:
3) contrast:
4) comparison:
5) general to particulars:
6) particulars to general:
7) cause to effect:
8) effect to cause
9) climax

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Expound on the repetition law of composition. (skip)

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Using the same term several times in a passage
designate intentional, important
- Psalm 1: wicked (4), stand (2)

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Expound on the similarity law of composition. (skip)

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Using similar words, phrases, or ideas
emphasis w/o turning off reader - wicked/sinners/scoffers

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Expound on the contrast law of composition. (skip)

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Using opposites to make a point wicked/delight in the law of the LORD, tree/chaff

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Expound on the comparison law of composition. (skip)

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Using words such as “like” or “as” to compare two items
Explicit: similes (like/as), Implicit: metaphor - simile: like a tree

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Expound on the general to particulars law of composition. (skip)

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Moving from a general concept (summary or overriding idea) to particulars (specific examples of the idea)
tree -> firmly planted -> fruit bearing -.leaves X whither

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Expound on the particulars to general law of composition. (skip)

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Moving from specific examples to the general idea that summarizes them
-whole psalm to summary statement in the final verse

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Expound on the cause to effect law of composition. (skip)

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Progressing from a cause or reason to the effect or result it produces
-Delight in the LORD/ Choose to meditate
-Wicked not delight in the LORD/ be like chaff

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Expound on the effect to cause law of composition. (skip)

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Progressing from an effect or result to the cause or reason that produced it
-Sinners not stand in assembly of righteous / because God knows the way of the righteous

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Expound on the climax law of composition. (skip)

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Arranging several items (words, phrases, episodes) to build a logical climax
Movement: walk, stand, sit
Intensity: Wicked sinners, scoffers
Book of Mark: Chapters 1-8 miracles, to 8 who you say I am then go to Jerusalem and centurion would recognize Jesus was the son of God

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What are commentaries? What’s the definition? (skip)

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Resources to answer questions or go deeper in study
Strict definition: books written to comment on other books (particularly the Bible)
General definition: Anything written by someone else that can help understand the text

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Where are commentaries found? What are the criteria? (skip)

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It is a trade off between quality and quantity.
Best Quality: library (Books)
More Convenient: Library website- ebooks less options/quality
Really Convenient: BLB & other websites offering free commentaries that are od and out of copy write better than nothing but not the best work

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What are the benefits of commentaries? (skip)

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  1. Provide information about the historical background of the book -introductory information to supplement own historical background
  2. Provide answers for alot of questions particularly informational and inferential
  3. Provide additional observations not immediately obvious to you - more observations than you can get on your own
  4. Provide alternative discussion on texts - when there is a discussion on a text it takes you through the reasons for the positions
  5. Provide check on unaided observation an lexical decisions - can tell you what it doesn’t mean and why
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What are the warning for commentaries? (skip)

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  1. Commentaries can be wrong so read them critically - come in strength by analyzing text on your own first
  2. Commentaries are not exhaustive - not necessarily cover everything you want to learn about
  3. If you read the commentary first, it will distort your own interpretation - hard to shake what commentary says
  4. Commentaries can become a crutch - not develop own skill and confidence in Bible Study
  5. Always use the best tools for the job, not the most convenient - quality of tools determines quality of workmanship
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What are the types of commentaries? (skip)

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Lowest to highest level:
Devotional, homiletical, expository, exegetical

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What is the devotional commentary? (skip)

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Good thoughts to get you going in the day but not careful study on the text. Supplement not a replacement for solid study

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What is the homiletical commentary? (skip)

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More substantive “sermon making” often written by noted preachers. The text of a sermon. Not all you can get in a passage because busy pastors will likely spend 8-10 hours preparing for the passage.

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What is the expository commentary? (skip)

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Expound the Biblical text typically from Greek/Hebrew. To broader audience to get benefits without being too technical. For pastors, teachers, students. No untranslated language.
This is the sweet spot: good information that is understandable

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What is the exegetical commentary?(skip)

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So much information, beneficial information but must wade through a lot of technical material. Pitched pretty high

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What are the kinds of Bible study tools?

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Encyclopedias (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia & Zondervan pictorial encyclopedia of the Bible) - Get a lot of information on place and people
Dictionary (Haper’s Bible Dictionary) - Quick version of encyclopedia
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery - helpful for poetry, metaphors, imagery- how used & what meant in text
Commentary Surveys - to find good commentaries vc

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What is the formula to find the author’s main idea? (skip)

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S + C = BI
(subject, complement, big idea)

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What is the subject in the sense of biblical study? (skip)

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“The boy hit the ball”
NOT: grammatical subject: Person performing the action (boy)
IS: Semantic subject: subject of meaning, what the passage (verse, paragraph, book) talking about
(hit the ball)

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How is the subject found?

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  1. Determine the pointer word
  2. Crystallize the content in a short summary statement
    -Short statement summarizing content of the passage
  3. State the subject in use there then language (in terms of ppl in passage not I, us, we)
    1 Timothy 1:16 - why Paul received God’s mercy
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What are the pointer words?

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  1. Who - identifies a person or group of people (rare) Matt 1:1-16, list of names, who Jesus’ ancestors were
  2. When - focuses on time (rare) Matt 4:2, after fasted 40 days/nights, then became hungry, when Jesus was tempted by the devil
  3. Where - centers on a place (rare) Matt 4:25, early ministry of Jesus: Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Where Jesus’ early followers came from (all over)
  4. What - The main point is to state fact, (plain vanilla) Matt 4:23, teaching proclaiming, healing, What Jesus did in Galilee
  5. Why - A purpose or reason is the emphasis, Matt 4:1 - devil lead Jesus to be tempted, Why Jesus was lead to desert
  6. How - Emphasizes the process or manner, Matt 2:11 - came, saw child, fell down, worship, open treasures, present gift, How the wise men greeted the Christ child
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What is the priority of deciding pointer words? (skip)

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If there is uncertainty, How/why over what, and these three are more likely (more common) than who, when, where

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What is the complement and how is it found?

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It is what the passage says about the subject (completes the subject)
Method: Turn subject into question. The answer to the question is the complement
not compliment - I feel good

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How do you create the big idea? What are the three tests of the big idea?

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Put subject and complement together into a statement
Validate the idea to demonstrate that it fits in the passage
Refine the idea, make it Precise, concise, and memorable

If this is done it will be powerful and life impacting

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What is the precise aspect of the big idea?

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Incorporates as much as possible all observed points. Once written go back to verses and ensure all details are in big idea.
Validation demonstrates that the big idea is valid for passage not too small or too big, (encompasses all observed points not some or more than)
Validation is the alterations on the BI so it is precise as possible

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What is the concise aspect of the big idea?

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10-12 words, tremendous benefit, allows audience to remember, may need to give up some precision so can be remembered

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What is the memorable aspect of the big idea?

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Do something to help stick in mind, not cutesie, but what is the point if its not remembered?

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What’s the Matthew 5:16 example of developing the Big Idea? (skip)

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Precise: Jesus’ disciples should live before the people such that their good works will glorify God
Concise: Jesus’ disciples godly practice will bring praise to God
Memorable: How Jesus’ disciples live in the world will determine how God looks to the world

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What is the key issue with application? (skip)

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To what degree is application of this passage valid now, is this God’s continuing will today, and HOW do we Know?
(Exodus 20:8-11- sabbath, 2 Cor 13:12 - holy kiss, Mark 16:18 - signs of those who believe)

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What are the principles of application? (skip)

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  1. Exegesis
  2. Assumptions
  3. Original audience
  4. Clues
  5. Bridge
  6. How to bridge
  7. Quantify bridge
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What is the application principle of exegesis? (skip)

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Valid application builds on accurate exegesis (this comes after observations and ideas, understanding what it meant there & then)

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What is the application principle of assumptions? (skip)

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We must recognize the assumptions we bring to the text. (Bible study should be transformative–challenging our assumptions)

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What is the application principle of the original audience? (skip)

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Analyse the distinctives of the original audience (know from historical background)

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What is the application principle of clues? (skip)

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When possible, consider clues from other Biblical passages.
(Levitical rules of sacrifice and diet made obsolete by the NT–Jesus’ sacrifice and in Acts Paul being told that God has made all things clean)

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What is the application principle of bridge? (skip)

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Bridge the gap between the original audience and the target audience.

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What is the application principle of how to bridge? (skip)

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How we bridge the gap is we evaluate how the target audience is similar to and different from original audience (Based on historical background and knowledge of target audience)

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What is the application principle of quantifying the bridge? (skip)

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Quantify the degree of transfer for the target audience from totally different: 1 to 10: exactly the same
-similarities and differences have different weights

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What is the number line of quantifying for application?

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1-2: Obsolete, audiences very different (Many OT laws, instructions to specific people for specific tasks)
3-5: Patterns, more differences (Narratives, may saying what happened not what we are to do- David)
6-8: Principles, more similarities (most epistles b/c to disciples)
9-10: Directives, very similar (language in passage is all inclusive)
10: Absolute/universal
Acts 1:8 evangelism Principle, Deu. 26: 1-11 first fruits Obsolete and General principle, Psalm 117 All nations praise, Univeral, Mark 1:35 quiet time, Pattern, use clues

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What are the implications of application? (skip)

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  1. When you apply a passage to different target audiences, different charts of similarities and differences with different degrees of transfer are necessary.
  2. Different assumptions may cause people to evaluate similarities and differences differently influencing the application to the audience (schools of thought)
  3. Do not limit application to personal Christian ethics (consider application for personal, Christians, Culture)
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What is the application principle for specific application? (skip)

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The bridge from the big idea to the specific application
-includes big idea a degree of transfer
For each target audience, restate the big idea in appropriately transferred language
-high degree of transfer insert target group for original group in big idea
-low degree of transfer must modify big idea

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What are the guidelines for state the application? (skip)

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  1. Pray for the Holy Spirit’s illumination
    -Prayer must dominate the Bible Study from A-Z (permeate) hear what God’s Spirit teach us and audience
  2. We need to meditate on the passage
    -slow down at the end - truth that is “out there” must sink in to be absorbed and assimilated
  3. Write out applications for each target audience
    -include actions and attitudes
    -make them SMART (each application must pass all five tests)
    -Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-determined
  4. Determine to obey your applications
    -what would the point be if you know and apply and then not do
    *Truth that is learned but not lived forms callouses on the soul
    (insensitive of spirit prompting)
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What is audience analysis?

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Select target audiences for applying the passage
Chart similarities to and differences from the original audience
Determine the appropriate degree of transfer for the target audience (4 ranges of degrees of transfer)

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What are the aspects of application?

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Application principles - for each target audience, restate the big idea in appropriately transferred terms
SMART application
Live what you learn “Truth that is learned by t not lived forms calluses on the soul”

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What are the major sections of the exam?

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Need for Effective Technique vs. Common Approaches to Bible Study
Overview of the Inductive Method and Ideal Procedure of Bible Study
Survey Reading and Historical Background
Unaided Observations
Interpretive Questions
Observation of Terms
Observation of Structure
Bible Study Tools
Synthesis
Audience Analysis
Application

CU: Bible and the Gospel (4 decks)

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