How to Study Your Bible : The Lasting Reward of the Inductive Approach

Reviewed by Lynn For: ReadersFavorite.com

7/2/10
Rated 5 Stars

How to Study your Bible is an excellent book for those who have tried to study the bible and come away feeling they know less than when they started. I have many books on how to study the bible how to look places up and on and on and I felt myself I had some good books until I read this book. All though the book is not big like most it teaches one how to discover what the passage is about and how one can understand it. If you really want to understand the Bible I would recommend this book. I can think back to years ago in my English reading classes how we were taught to use concepts that are taught in this book and wonder why I have not been using them today in my Bible reading as I do in secular books. As one learns how to do an overview and then a chapter study and a verse study you will soon be amazed at how the Bible reading changes and how much more you can understand. This then I feel is an excellent book that is simply written and easy for all to understand without getting so deep in theology study that one loses interest and quits reading and puts on a shelf ( )

NO OF PAGES: 176 SUB CAT I: Bible Study SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: More than 400,000 adults and teens have discovered the truth of God?s Word for themselves through Kay?s inductive study tools. Now this dynamic guide has been updated to reflect the most recent edition of the NASB and sports a fresh new cover. How to Study Your Bible helps people cultivate the skills of observation, interpretation, and application?and encourages them to become active participants in God?s Word!

In 15 easy?to?understand chapters, bestselling author Kay Arthur presents a systematic approach that includes key words, context studies, comparisons and contrasts, topical studies, word meanings, and more. Interacting with God?s Word helps readers absorb more of its messages and gives God greater access to engrave His truth on their hearts and minds.NOTES: Donated by Rose Marie. SUBTITLE: The Lasting Rewards of the Inductive Approach

How fortunate we are to live in a time and place where anyone who desires to study the Bible has the resources readily available – browse through any bookstore and you will find quite literally hundreds of study guides, commentaries and concordances. And yet.....so few Christians choose to open the Bible and dig in for themselves. Why? Kay Arthur suggests the main reason is that we have never been taught how. In her book, "How to Study Your Bible", Arthur lays out simple strategies for reading and understanding God's Word using the inductive study method of observation, interpretation and application. She explains that God desires to develop an intimate and personal relationship with us through spending time in the Scriptures. As we interact with the Bible in a way that allows it to speak directly to us, we will come to know God more deeply than we ever imagined possible. ( )

I found this a very thorough introduction into the inductive way to study your bible. It might be a little more intensive than I want, but I gained valuable information for my personal use. ( )

A dynamic guide to cultivating step-by-step Bible study skills such as observation, interpretation, application, and more - skills that mean the difference between being a passive spectator and an active participant in God's Word.