Step by Step

(20 points if you're singing the theme song to the show pictured above right now.)

Anyway...

These five steps have been incredibly helpful in our Bible study and discussions. Hopefully they'll help you as well:

Step 1: Identify the genre. (Is it narrative, wisdom, poetry, prophecy, gospel, epistle, etc.?) Understanding this will help frame your reading of the text to ensure that you're reading it with the correct perspective.

Step 2: What is the big idea? In a sentence or a couple of phrases, summarize the big idea of the passage.

Step 3: Observations. Make a list of facts you see in the passage.

Step 4: Interpretation. Understand the facts and answer questions that may arise.

Step 5: Application. What does this passage tell you about God? About His character? The way He relates to His people? The way He relates to non-believers?

Happy Reading!!