1. A Brief Guide to Better Bible Study Michael Morrison http://gcs-bible.blip.tv

2. Bible study is not difficult

4. Our goals 1.Discover the important angles 2.Ask the most productive questions 3.Focus our attention on the things most likely to help us understand

5. “BEAR”

7. Three contexts 1.Historical context 2.Literary context 3.Personal context

8. A. Military & political history

9. F. F. Bruce and David F. Payne, Israel and the Nations (Inter- Varsity, 1998)

10. B. Culture: customs of the people

11. James S. Jeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era (InterVarsity, 1999)

12. C. Specific situation

17. Two historical settings: – In the ministry of Jesus – In the setting of the early church

18. ASK QUESTIONS

21. 2. The literary context

22. Original message Modern audience Transmitted by means of a text

23. gen·re (zhän'rə) n. A type or class – A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content. – A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life. [French, from Old French, genre, meaning kind, from Latin genus, gener-.]

27. Themes found in the literary work we are studying

32. The flow of an argument – reasons building toward a conclusion – Often, a conclusion followed by a reason – Words such as “for” “so that” “therefore”

33. George Ladd, Theology of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1993)

34. nice (nīs) adj. nic·er, nic·est Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time. [Middle English, foolish, from Old French, from Latin nescius, ignorant, from nescīre, to be ignorant ; see nescience.]

35. run –verb - 97 definitions listed –noun - 55 definitions –adjective – 2 definitions —Verb phrases – 20 definitions —Idioms – 9

37. Pic of strong’s concordance

41. “Why?” “How?”

42. Read the passage carefully, and take notes, and do it again and again - it’s repetitious, like playing scales on the piano

44. Six times At least two translations

45. Write your results A one-sentence summary of the passage Summary of the political situation Summary of the cultural context Why was the passage written down? What type of literature is this? Does this support a theme of this book? How does this relate to neighboring passages?

47. 3. Modern context A.Our culture B.Our beliefs

50. C. The Holy Spirit

51. Community

52. Applying what we learn

53. There is always a need for more study

54. 1.Historical context 2.Literary context 3.Personal context