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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

4, Part 2 - Elements of Observations, Hendricks Chapters 9-11

Sunday, October 27, 2013

by Robert Dean

Passage: Romans 10:9-10 & James 1:2-8

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 47 mins 58 secs

Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 9-11

Elements of Observations: Relation and Interrelation of Terms, Structure. Romans 10:9-10. James 1:2-4, 5-8

Handouts mentioned during the class:
The Cruciality of Structure
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Methodical Bible Study
Overall Scheme of Study

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 12-14.
Make a list of all of the paragraphs in the Book of James. Write a few key words or summary statement for each paragraph.

Video:watch Audio:listen download

4, Part 1 - Elements of Observations, Hendricks Chapters 9-11

Sunday, October 27, 2013

by Robert Dean

Passage: James 1:19

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 46 mins 51 secs

Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 9-11

Elements of Observations: Words, Terms, Phrases, Clauses. James 1:19

Handouts mentioned during the class:
The Cruciality of Structure
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Methodical Bible Study
Overall Scheme of Study

Video:watch Audio:listen download Text:slideshow

3, Part 2 - Observation Exercises on John 20:31

Sunday, October 13, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 51 mins 44 secs

Observation exercises on John 20:31. Learning to observe the text.

Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 7-8

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 9-11.
Read the entire book of James every day.
Write an additional 25 observations on James 1:19.
Do Exercises #5 and #6 in the Living By the Book Workbook.