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How to Read the Bible
Lessons
Session 1
Begin with the right goals.
What are we trying to do when we read the Bible?
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Session 2
Read with humility.
Your character is just as important to understanding the Bible as your method.
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Session 3
Pay attention to the details. (Investigation)
Playing detective.
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Session 4
Discern the author’s flow of thought. (Literary Context)
Without a context, words are meaningless.
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Session 5
Study the world behind the text. (Historical Background)
Increase your general knowledge of the biblical worlds.
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Session 6
Read each passage in light of Scripture as a whole.
Interpret unclear texts in light of clear ones. Don’t ignore or disregard some texts to protect your misinterpretation of others.
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Session 7
Be sensitive to genre.
All of the principles apply to each, but not always in the same way.
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Session 8
Live what you learn.
You have not finished studying well until what you have studied determines how you live. Spiritual maturity is never measured by how much you know, but by how well you live.
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