Author: rey

The STOP method illustrated stands and falls on context. This is why Steadfastness and Orderliness are two of the important features of the method. By being disorderly, or lazily skipping over verses, you may potentially fall into one of the greatest dangers of Bible studying.

Doug suggested that I walk through the STOP method so anyone who wants to can see it in action—he makes a valid point. It’s hard just reading about a method without actually doing it with a person (and that’s why when I did the seminar at our gathering I made sure to actually go through a chapter doing the method). What I’m going to do is take the letter of Jude and show the STOP method in action.

The best way to understand the STOP method of Bible studying is to physically participate in a study using it. Remember that you have your essentials all ready and you have your “GO!” questions written somewhere on your page where you can easily recall them (link to the whole method here). Let’s begin with 1 Samuel 17 because everyone thinks they know the story of David and Goliath.

We’ve covered “Why we need to study the Word” and “What we need to start studying the Word” now we’re going to go into a general overview of the STOP study method. It’s ridiculously simple but it aims at big results. Take the last post’s essentials and move forward.