The New How to Study Your Bible: Discover the Life-Changing Approach to God's Word

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Bestselling author Kay Arthur's inductive study method and her bestselling book How to Study Your Bible has helped more than 675,000 people discover the truth of God's Word for themselves. With a fresh look and new material, this dynamic guide invites readers of all levels of Bible literacy and learning to dive deeper into God's promises.

The Precept method cultivates the skills of observation, interpretation, and application—and encourages readers to become active participants ...

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Overview

Bestselling author Kay Arthur's inductive study method and her bestselling book How to Study Your Bible has helped more than 675,000 people discover the truth of God's Word for themselves. With a fresh look and new material, this dynamic guide invites readers of all levels of Bible literacy and learning to dive deeper into God's promises.

The Precept method cultivates the skills of observation, interpretation, and application—and encourages readers to become active participants in God's Word. In 15 easy-to-understand chapters, the authors present a systematic approach that includes key words, context studies, comparisons and contrasts, topical studies, and more.

This life-changing way of understanding and exploring Scripture reveals the Bible's messages to readers and helps them live boldly and confidently in God's truths.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780736926829
  • Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
  • Publication date: 9/1/2010
  • Pages: 194
  • Sales rank: 194,445
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Kay Arthur is a four-time Gold Medallion award-winning author, member of NRB Hall of Fame, and beloved international Bible teacher. She reaches more than 80 million people daily through radio, TV, and the Internet as the featured teacher on Precepts for Life. She and her husband, Jack, founded Precept Ministries International, which teaches people in 165 countries and nearly 75 languages how to discover truth for themselves. Kay's heart is for adults and children to know and love God's Word.

David Arthur, vice president of teaching and training of Precept Ministries International, came to Precept after serving at Generous Giving as a vice president where he directed communications and publications. He also served several years as a pastor in the Presbyterian Church of America and the Associated Reformed Presbyterian denominations.

Pete De Lacy, executive vice president of Precept Ministries International Published Products, is the author of many studies in the New Inductive Study Series and The New How to Study Your Bible with its companion workbook. He is a contributor to The New Inductive Study Bible and Discover the Bible for Yourself and is also a featured teacher on many "Precept Upon Precept" videos and at Precept Ministries conferences.

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Table of Contents

If You Want to Know God's Word 7

The Joy and Value of Inductive Study 9

Part 1 Observation-Discover What It Says!

1 The Rule of Context-Context Rules! 17

2 Getting the Big Picture 25

3 Focusing In on the Details 41

Part 2 Interpretation-Discover What It Means!

4 The Search for Meaning 55

5 It's All Greek to Me! 67

6 Let Scripture Interpret Scripture 73

7 The When, Where, and Why 77

8 Let's Figure It Out 81

9 When One Thing Represents Another 85

10 Unraveling Revelation 93

11 God's Revelation of Himself 101

12 Getting the Point Across 115

Part 3 Application-Discover How It Works!

13 The Transformed Life 123

Part 4 Organization-Broaden Your Skills!

14 Outlining-Just the Bare Facts 131

15 Studying Topically by Subject 141

16 Character Studies-Learning from the Lives of Others 145

17 Structuring 149

Part 5 Practical Helps-Tools for Further Study

Appendix A Summary of the Inductive Process 157

Appendix B At a Glance Chart 161

Appendix C Observation Worksheet 163

Appendix D How to Use Word Study Tools 165

Appendix E Tense, Voice, and Mood of Verbs 177

Appendix F How to Discover Tense, Voice, and Mood 185

Appendix G Recommended Study Helps 193

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