Sunday, March 04, 2007

Preparing Bible Studies

Morning/Afternoon: I went to a conference at my church on how to prepare small group Bible Studies. It was very helpful, as we went through the gospel of John (by far my favourite gospel!) and looked at 7 steps of study preparation (essentially, 7 steps of exegesis). Here are the steps:

1- write / type out the text.
2- What kind of literature is it?
3- Underline unclear, repeated, or very important words.
4- Determine context
5- Establish structure / shape of passage
6- Main idea
7- Prepare teaching outline.

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