How to study the Word

How to Study the Bible and Share it With Others (Part 4) - Give it Away

Posted 02/16/09
This session quickly overviews the entire study process up to sharing your study with someone else (person-to-person or small group). …(Continue Reading)

How to Study the Bible and Share it With Others (Part 3) - Extract the Gold

Posted 02/08/09

This lesson shows you how to extract application in your study time, offering key questions you can ask yourself to help you find application even in the most difficult passages of Scripture. …(Continue Reading)

How to Study the Bible and Share it With Others (Part 2) - Mine the Mountain

Posted 01/20/09

This is the second session of a four part series that trains people in how to study the Bible devotionally, and how to share this with others, whether that be with a friend, a child, a small gr …(Continue Reading)

How to Study the Bible and Share it With Others (Part 1) - Prepare to Dig

Posted 01/11/09

This is the first session of a four part series that trains people in how to study the Bible devotionally, and how to share this with others, whether that be with a friend, a child, a small group …(Continue Reading)

The Jesus Compass: Christ-centered Bible Interpretation

Posted 10/06/08

When you pack up and travel, it’s impossible to get anywhere without going a direction. Scripture is like that. It’s directional. …(Continue Reading)

The Difference Between Identifying Allegories and Allegorical Interpretation

Posted 07/04/08

There is a big difference between allegorizing a Bible text and identifying an allegory already in the text. …(Continue Reading)

How to Create Your Study Outline

Posted 05/15/08
"I would sooner a hundred times over appear to be inconsistent with myself than to be inconsistent with the Word of God," said Charles Spurgeon. …(Continue Reading)

The Importance and Power of Observation

Posted 05/02/08
Martin Luther wrote, "First I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. …(Continue Reading)

Vital Preparation for Studying the Word

Posted 05/02/08
No random human off the street just enters the Olympics because it sounds like fun. The athlete must prepare himself like his life depends on it with grueling intensity. …(Continue Reading)

Glitter or Gold? An Overview on Bible Study and Prep

Posted 01/03/07
W. Graham Scroggie wrote of the Word, "Being of divine origin, it speaks with sovereign authority and each of us turns aside from it at the cost of his present and eternal undoing." …(Continue Reading)