A passionate teaching on How To Study The Bible, with some excellent keys to help you as you come to the Scriptures. The teaching is drawn from the Spirit Life Bible School, where you can get the lesson notes (Look under Browse, and then check out Module 1). Study arises from a passion for Truth, [...]
Question the Scriptures – How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #14
Simple yet powerful keys and principles to effectively engage with the Scriptures KEY No. 14 – Ask questions of Scripture Children ask questions all the time. As we approach scripture, we should come with this heart of childlike simplicity and inquisition. WHO? Who is speaking? Who are they speaking to? Who are they speaking about? [...]
Topical Bible Study – How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #13
Simple yet powerful keys and principles to effectively engage with the Scriptures KEY No. 13 – Study a Particular Subject To study subject by subject promotes rapid growth in the Believer’s life. It is an essential way to build your spiritual life upon the truth, and fill your spiritual armoury for effective battle. Here’s how: [...]
Biblical Character Study – How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #12
Simple yet powerful keys and principles to effectively engage with the Scriptures KEY No. 12 – Do a Character Study Essentially the Bible is a Book of relationships, not least God’s relationship with His creation. It is a collection of stories about people. A character study mainly looks at two things. Man’s relation to God. [...]
Biblical Meditation – How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #11
Simple yet powerful keys and principles to effectively engage with the Scriptures KEY No. 11 – Chew the Cud The Power of Biblical Meditation Unlike some Eastern religions that encourage emptying the mind, Biblical meditation is all about filling the mind and imagination – with the living Word of God! It includes the idea not [...]
How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #10
Focus On What the Holy Spirit Is Saying KEY No. 10 – If God is talking to you about healing, don’t study cabbages! Have you ever woken up through the night in a strange house, wanting a drink or needing the loo? You had to grope your way across an unfamiliar room trying to find [...]
How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #9
Putting The Word of God Everywhere at All Times KEY No. 9 – Get Involved! It is a fact that the more of our senses which are involved in the learning experience the more effectively we assimilate the information. Write scriptures down, speak them out. Stick scriptures to your walls at home, put them on [...]
How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #8
Read The Bible Aloud KEY No. 8 – Read the Bible Aloud Paul the Apostle said that “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). The most obvious (but effective) way to ‘hear’ the Word is to read scriptures aloud during your study time. If you turn to a scripture, [...]
How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #7
How To Use Cross References in your Bible KEY No. 7 – Follow and Mark Cross-References In Your Bible The first Bible I ever bought after becoming a Christian was a beautiful leather-bound King James ‘Open Bible’. It cost me a fiver in a second-hand bookshop. One of the features of this Bible, and indeed [...]
How To Study the Bible (and enjoy it!) #6
How To Use Different Translations of the Bible KEY No. 6 – Use Different Translations and Paraphrases As we mentioned in our very first post of this series, there are many different translations of the Bible available. Sometimes this can prove a little confusing. Which one is the best? Why do we need so many? [...]



