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Planning What to Study

Discover self-motivation to study the Bible effectively by understanding its significance, learning styles, and choosing relevant topics. Explore different study methods and tools like concordances and translations to enhance your understanding. Start your Bible study journey today!

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Planning What to Study

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  1. Planning What to Study

  2. How can you motivate personal study? Self motivation comes from – • Understanding what the Bible is • Focusing on why study the Bible • Knowing how you learn • Choosing what you want (need) to study • Having a worthwhile goal and plan • Reviewing progress toward the goal • Praying

  3. Study What? • Covenants • Dispensations • Historical Periods • Prophecy • Poetry • Characters • Books • Chapters & Verses • Sentences • Words • Topics

  4. Study What? How Do I Choose? • Choose what is of interest to you • Choose what will hold your interest • Better: Choose to fill a personal need You can stay motivated by that which provides clear personal benefit.

  5. Approaches That Work • Reading • Surveying a book or period • Studying a topic (topical) • Studying a passage (expository) Whatever study approach you take, schedule time to simply read God’s Word.

  6. Using Good Study Aids • An extensive concordance

  7. Using Good Study Aids • Lexicon of Bible words English word perfect Greek word teleios English word love Greek words agapē, philia, storge, eros

  8. Using Good Study Aids Topical Bible Bible Dictionary Bible Encyclopedia

  9. Using Good Study Aids Atlases and Geographical References

  10. Using Good Study Aids Several Bible Translations

  11. How Good is Your Translation? • By one man or a scholarly committee? • Are the translators known? • Were the translators committed to inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture? • Were they prone to denominational bias? • Is the text easy to understand? • Did they attempt to translate literally or interpret for modern usage?

  12. How Good is Your Translation? Three general ways to translate: • Literal – Word for word • Thought for thought • Paraphrase Dynamic equivalence Formal equivalence Thought for Thought Literal Paraphrase NIV LB KJV RV Phillips ASV RSV NASV NKJV ESV

  13. Using Good Study Aids • Halley’s Bible Handbook • Parallel Bibles • Interlinear Bibles • Commentaries • Bible Software God’s Holy Word above all else…

  14. Study What? Start your own Bible study project Today! • Choose what interests you… • and what will hold your interest • Choose what you need to learn! Remember: You can stay motivated by that which provides clear personal benefit.

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