{"id":265,"date":"2006-01-29T14:09:30","date_gmt":"2006-01-29T19:09:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-02T20:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T00:23:04","slug":"a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A “New” Bible Study Format (STOP 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cStudy the Word!\u201d is the oft-heard cry on the lips of elders, teachers, pastors and seminarians. The brows furrowed, the finger precariously raised while the glare of the projector turns said teachers horned-rimmed glasses into fiendish horns. In the quest towards anti-intellectualism, proper theology and practically applied Christianity, these pillars in our lives seek to motivate us with these serious admonishments yet they don\u2019t often tell us how.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Admittedly, if you go to a Bible School you\u2019ll get taught how. They will drill it into you until you can do several different types of studies at one time while simultaneously tapping into the historical background of each method and doing crunches.<\/p>\n

Yet, we don\u2019t all make it to a Bible School (and if you do, praise God: take advantage of the time and use it wisely). Often we may even find these stern words to be a poignant reminder of how much we don\u2019t know and thus slack accordingly in study (and in crunches).<\/p>\n

Yes the teachers, elders, pastors, preachers teach on Sundays and during the Bible Study hour and they are extremely effective but our Christian walk is not to be based on the effectiveness of fellow men. We\u2019re to also arm ourselves with the Word of God and in so doing become an active participant in the battle.<\/p>\n

But how? They never really outright say. We hear \u201cRead the Word in the morning\u201d as a practical encouragement and then subsequently confuse studying with reading. We get study bibles which aren\u2019t used to their full potential or we rely so heavily on the notes in the margins that we may not bother going deeply. Sometimes we\u2019re tapped on the shoulder to preach for 45 minutes and aren\u2019t told how we\u2019re to prepare for it\u2014completely relying on God\u2019s grace, blind luck and latent performance skills to get us by.<\/p>\n

Of course I don\u2019t mean you personally. You know how to study the Bible and what books to look into and all that\u2014I\u2019m talking to the rest of us who don\u2019t know. Those of us who look at Kay Arthur\u2019s stuff with wide-eyed awed and a bit of trepidation. Those of us who think Bible Study consists of a Bible, Strong\u2019s Concordance and maybe a devotional book. Those of us who have tripped along, often stumbling and rarely getting by.<\/p>\n

So I start this in the hope of giving a simple Bible Study method that a person can easily jump into, find something to learn, actively working at a goal and (God willing) applying to their lives. This STOP method will be very simple and straightforward; hopefully it will be beneficial to one or two of you out there. It\u2019s one of the methods I use and one that I have found fruitful. It may not work well for some of you who are way advanced in Bible Study, but that\u2019s okay. Stay tuned next week.<\/p>\n

Series\u00a0lin<\/a>k<\/a>.\u00a0Tags:\u00a0Bible<\/a>,\u00a0Bible study<\/a>,\u00a0Simple Bible Study Methods<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cStudy the Word!\u201d is the oft-heard cry on the lips of elders, teachers, pastors and seminarians. The brows furrowed, the finger precariously raised while the glare of the projector turns said teachers horned-rimmed glasses into fiendish horns. In the quest towards anti-intellectualism, proper theology and practically applied Christianity, these pillars in our lives seek to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study"],"yoast_head":"\nA "New" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A "New" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cStudy the Word!\u201d is the oft-heard cry on the lips of elders, teachers, pastors and seminarians. The brows furrowed, the finger precariously raised while the glare of the projector turns said teachers horned-rimmed glasses into fiendish horns. In the quest towards anti-intellectualism, proper theology and practically applied Christianity, these pillars in our lives seek to […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"rey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"headline\":\"A “New” Bible Study Format (STOP 1)\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":520,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"articleSection\":[\"study\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/\",\"name\":\"A \\\"New\\\" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rey Reynoso and The Bible Archive\",\"description\":\"Notes and Thoughts from An Unabashedly Plymouth Brethren Blogger\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa\",\"name\":\"rey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\",\"width\":\"1000\",\"height\":\"288\",\"caption\":\"rey\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/03\\\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.biblearchive.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/reyreynoso\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/reybeez\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/biblearchive.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/biblerey\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A \"New\" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A \"New\" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","og_description":"\u201cStudy the Word!\u201d is the oft-heard cry on the lips of elders, teachers, pastors and seminarians. The brows furrowed, the finger precariously raised while the glare of the projector turns said teachers horned-rimmed glasses into fiendish horns. In the quest towards anti-intellectualism, proper theology and practically applied Christianity, these pillars in our lives seek to […]","og_url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/","og_site_name":"Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","article_published_time":"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00","author":"rey","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rey","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/"},"author":{"name":"rey","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"headline":"A “New” Bible Study Format (STOP 1)","datePublished":"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/"},"wordCount":520,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"articleSection":["study"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/","url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/","name":"A \"New\" Bible Study Format (STOP 1) - Rey Reynoso's Bible Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-01-29T19:09:30+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-03T00:23:04+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/a-new-bible-study-format-stop-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/","name":"Rey Reynoso and The Bible Archive","description":"Notes and Thoughts from An Unabashedly Plymouth Brethren Blogger","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e8c55a4aab6df13bed13eae5edfab9aa","name":"rey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1","width":"1000","height":"288","caption":"rey"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cropped-tba_banner.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.biblearchive.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reyreynoso","https:\/\/x.com\/reybeez"],"url":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/author\/biblerey\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbR50-4h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}