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Galatians 5:16-23 teaches that at any moment we are either walking by the Holy Spirit or according to the sin nature. Walking by the Spirit, enjoying fellowship with God, walking in the light are virtually synonymous. During these times, the Holy Spirit is working in us to illuminate our minds to the truth of Scripture and to challenge us to apply what we learn. But when we sin, we begin to live based on the sin nature. Our works do not count for eternity. The only way to recover is to confess (admit, acknowledge) our sin to God the Father and we are instantly forgiven, cleansed, and recover our spiritual walk (1 John 1:9). Please make sure you are walking by the Spirit before you begin your Bible study, so it will be spiritually profitable.

Bible Study Methods (2013)

Bible Study Methods (2013)

September 2013 - February 2014

This Bible Study Methods course is designed to provide a practical guide and exercises to enable the student of the Bible to be able to read the Bible more intelligently, to research basic questions about the Bible, to understand the basic principles of interpretation of Scripture with a view toward applying the Bible more consistently in their life.

That the student can learn how to read the Bible intelligently for themselves, how to use basic study tools to investigate and research basic issues in the Bible, how to properly interpret the Bible. I want to develop students who are well on their way to biblical literacy and who are cultivating good habits of Bible reading and personal Bible study.

This course is available for class credit from Chafer Theological Seminary. Please visit the Chafer website at www.chafer.edu for additional information.

Instructor: Dr. Robert Dean, Jr., Th.M., M.A., D.Min.

Video DVDs of these lessons can be ordered here and here.

Course materials/handouts are available in the File Downloads section of the Dean Bible Ministries website.

To view all video Bible studies in the Bible Study Methods series, click here (Vimeo) or here (YouTube).

Our good friend Gene Brown (1939-2017) pictured here, encouraged untold numbers to read and study their Bibles. This series is dedicated to his testimony.

To listen to this series as a podcast, copy and paste the following URL into your podcast software.
www.deanbibleministries.org/podcasts/2013bsmc.xml
 
Sun, Jan 05, 2014
Duration: 42 mins 26 secs
Principals of Hermeneutics.
The Bible as a Human Book
Sun, Jan 05, 2014
Duration: 34 mins 10 secs
Principals of Hermeneutics.
The Bible as a Divine Book

Hendricks, Living by the Book

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living by the Book Workbook, chapters 49-54. Continue working on the assignments in Habakkuk and reading through Habakkuk.

Sun, Jan 12, 2014
Passage: Habakkuk 3:17-19
Duration: 42 mins 21 secs
Hedricks, Living by the Book Workbook chapters 47, 49, and 55.

Begin Habakkuk

Sun, Jan 12, 2014
Passage: Habakkuk 3:17-19 & Habakkuk
Duration: 37 mins 9 secs
Hendricks, Living by the Book Workbook, chapters 50-52
Sun, Feb 09, 2014
Passage: Acts 1:8 & John 14
Duration: 1 hr 39 mins 50 secs

Also includes Acts 9, Exodus 20, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Jeremiah 18:6-10

Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapter 39

Sun, Feb 09, 2014
Passage: 2 Chronicles 7:14 & Jeremiah 18:6-10
Duration: 1 hr 41 mins 36 secs
Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 39-40
Sun, Feb 23, 2014
Duration: 51 mins
Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapter 43 (1st edition)/chapter 46 (2nd edition)
Sun, Feb 23, 2014
Passage: Habakkuk
Duration: 35 mins 51 secs
The Book of Habakkuk