Intro to Inductive Bible Study & Observation
by Jeff ~ September 12th, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized, road trips.This series is on inductive Bible Study corresponds to a class I’m teaching. You can find an introduction to the class here. If you’re in the class or not, I hope you join the discussion–but most of all, I hope you explore the text. Years ago, if you told me that studying the Bible would change my life, I’d probably think you were crazy. Now, I know it to be true!
Since I use Google Docs to type up the notes each week, you can view the all of the handouts here.
(If you’re not familiar with Google Docs, it’s basically an online word processing program. Check out the Wikipedia article on Google Docs.)
We went over the basics of the purpose of Inductive Bible Study and the purpose of this class–to increase proficiency at studying Scripture using the Inductive Bible Study Method and teach how to write questions in order to take people through the process with you. It’s geared to people who want to learn to study the text in more depth or who want to lead discussion of Scripture in Small Groups or Bible Studies.
After this class, the participant should be able to:
- read Scripture with greater depth of insight,
- be skilled at using basic tools (books & online resources) for Bible study and
- be capable of writing & leading Bible studies.
Session 1 – Introduction & Observation
What is Inductive Bible Study? Inductive Bible Study is the process of entering into the text of Scripture in order to
The Inductive Method basically involves four steps
Read–many people are never transformed by the Bible, because they never read the Bible with an open heart and mind
Observations in Mark 1:1-8
Homework: make observations for Mark Chapter 1 and we’ll discuss this week! I hope you can join us if you missed it this week!
