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STOP: A Bible Study Method
This issue covers a study method whereby anyone (who is honestly seeking to learn from God) will acquire some sort of fruit from studying. The method was inspired by the teachings of Tom Taylor.
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| Notes on Context | STOP Bible Study Method on Context
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…
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| Illustrated Method | Stop Method Illustrated -tmp(1 Samuel 17)
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 { because everyone thinks they know the story of David and Goliath.
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| Illustrated Method | Stop Method Illustrated -tmp(Jude 1)
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.
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| The Format |
A "New" Bible Study Format (STOP 1)
“Study the Word!” 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't often tell us how.
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| Why Study Anyway? |
Why Study The Bible? (STOP 2)
Although Christians may read their Bible, I don't think very many study it. It may sit from a Sunday to Sunday on a bookshelf or it may be opened every day with a little devotional from “The Daily Bread”. Some of us may use it to proof-texts some sermons and others may not even know where our Bibles are. But as Christians we're still constantly told to study it…why?
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| What You Need? |
What You Need To Study (STOP 3)
It's kind of scary and overwhelming when you first decide to start studying the Bible. What exactly do you need? Do you need one of those yellow / red Bible dry highlighters you always see in CBD? Do you just need the Holy Spirit and thus have to pray for Him? Do you need a degree in Bible? What exactly do you need for starting your personal Bible studies?
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| How to Study? |
How To Study The Word (Stop 4)
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.
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