Bible Study Methods

I've realized that this blog has been remarkably silent on the "What we're learning" front. That ought not to be!

Since we've been married, we read a Proverb a day to correspond with the date. So many things that stick out each time we read that even though we're reading the same verses month by month, we're constantly noticing new things.

We're also reading through the Old Testament, slowly (we're in Numbers).

BUT, we've been feeling a little dis-unified in our devotion times together. We both want to benefit, but to be honest, just reading alone was a little dry for us. We prayed about it, and Carson came up with this idea: Applications.

In Old Testament Survey (the class he's the TA for), the students are required to do "applications". They're 1 page papers that basically compile the basics from a study on a passage. There's an interpretive summary of the passage, a very clear, concise "big idea", and an application based on that.

So we've been doing that for the past two days. We read a passage of Scripture (we're going to start with Numbers, chapter-by-chapter for the OT and 2 Corinthians, passage-by-passage for the NT) and then discuss it, pray about it, understand what it's saying, write a summary, big idea, and personal application.

We've only done this two days so far but it's been really great. I recommend it.

What do you do for Bible study, personally or as a family?