Bible Study

Which Book of the Bible do you want to study?

+Our purpose
 

To follow the SINE model in providing adult catechesis
To build on Kay Arthur's Inductive Bible Study Series

Prayer and Praise
Review worksheet and Faith-sharing question
Presentation
Learning Activity as a group
Faith Sharing Intercessory Prayer

Your Study at Home
 

What you need

New American Bible (preferably) -- one you are willing to mark up
Kay Arthur's daily Study guide to the Book of Judges
4-colored pen, or set of fine line colored pens (e.g. Pentel, Micron) and highlighter that will not soak through page

Workbooks which will contain:

Chart equivalent to "Judges at a Glance"

This chart will give you information to fill in as well as the key words.
Map
Time lines
Family history forms for biblical pesonages
Discussion guides for Faith-sharing
Pages to be used as a personal journal

Your Study Method

You need 20 to 30 minutes a day for Bible reading and study
You need a place where you can concentrate and have your tools at hand.
You read along asking the "5 - Ws and 1H"

Who? -- on important characters enter them in your Family History form
What? -- fit this passage into the overall theme of the book
When? -- mark references to time with a clock in the margin of your bible
Where? -- underline place names with a green underline
Why? -- how does this fit in with God's plan?
How? -- how is God's will being carried out in this event?

Outline
 

We suggest using the familiar Harvard format (I - A -1 -a - (1) - (a) etc.)
Mark the different major sections with different color pens
Your Bible may already have headings that describe the contents so you may not have to pencil in text.
Mark the pericopes with a bracket (or partial bracket) indicating the beginning and ending of the lesson
Use a double bracket for Sunday readings.

Key Words -
 

Develop a system of marking them consistently.
Kay Arthur has many good suggestions.
Put a question mark by Puzzling passages so we can discuss them in the session

The Book ofJudges