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Summary: Excellent study tool...
Review: I've been a Precept student for over a decade now, and there's nothing like this. In fact, this tool is so good (as are Precept's study courses) that seminarys across NA recognize it as solid... some will even transfer Precept courses for accreditation towards a degree. If you want to get serious about your time in the Word and want to find meat instead of fluff, then this is the best place you could start - learning how to interpret and apply the Scriptures for yourself. The methods that Precept Ministries teach are solid and true - the novice to the scholar can can benefit from this form of study method. This book shows you how to do everything from word studies to structured analysis of text. Excellent stuff through and through and highly rewarding for the serious Bible student. Get a copy and dig in!
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Summary: Spritual weight lifting!
Review: If you are looking for a tool to build some spiritual muscle- the inductive study method is one heck of a workout! Kay Arthur trancends denomination and gets you into the meat of the word with a challenging and detailed series of steps. If you really put the time and effort into learning this method, no other study will seem quite enough. You will learn to let scripture interpret scripture and learn the rule of context (which is that "context rules!"). Like any fitness goal, with time and persistance you will attain such a level of spiritual fitness that you will be able to dicern whether the pastors you hear, and the commentaries you read, are grounded in the truth of God's word or not. It will help you filter whatever teaching you encounter through the eyes of personally learned truth. Kay Arthur isn't self promoting, she's bible promoting. And as far as spiritual fitness goes- in my opinion she's the Arnold Schwartzenager of bible study!
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Summary: Introduction To The Inductive Method
Review: Just a few months ago I came to the sudden and perhaps not-so-startling realization that although I have been reading the Bible for more than twenty years I had never really been taught how to study it. I have been told of the importance of spending time each day reading God's Word, meditating on it and even memorizing it, but I do not ever recall being taught how to systematically study it.After explaining this predicament to a friend of mine, she recommended the inductive Bible study approach, which she had only just discovered through buying the New Inductive Study Bible. Kay Arthur edited that version of the Bible and knowing she was a proponent of the inductive method, I decided to read How To Study Your Bible by Arthur. I do not intend to go into detail about the Inductive method of Bible study. There is any number of resources available in bookstores and online that can outline the method in detail. Essentially, though, it begins with understanding the context of the big picture (the Bible) then works to the smaller picture (a specific book of the Bible) and so on until the study leads to specific words. The method relies heavily on note-taking and Bible marking. There is a whole system of Bible marking that Arthur recommends which helps in identifying themes and patterns. The appendices are filled with useful information about how to best use concordances and expository dictionaries. They even go into some detail about the tenses, moods and voices of Greek verbs! Although the book sometimes appears as an advertisement for the New Inductive Study Bible, it does a fantastic job of outlining the method and rationale for the inductive approach to Bible study. This book is a valuable resource and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Learning to get to the meat
Review: Kay Arthur has a very good way to help you study your Bible. She does not walk you through what passages mean. She shows you how to get the meaning out of the passage. This is the best way to study the Bible. It is called the Inductive method because you must use inductive reasoning to interpret the part of the Bible that you are studying. She shows you how to interpret the passage in context and her method(s) of marking your Bible are very good. And again to stress a point, she underscores keeping the passage(s) in context, not pulling any one passage out and making the interpretation. If you want to know for yourself what the Bible is saying, GET THIS BOOK!! It is better to study this way and then go to commentaries than the other way around. Using her method, you will know for yourself what God is saying. This method is you drawing the meaning out of the Bible, rather than reading a meaning into the Bible. She walks you through the Inductive Study Method step by step starting from the very basic. Her style of writing is easy to understand. The method that she shows you is also easily adaptable to your preferences. I heartily recommend this book for any student of the Bible, no matter what level. If you would like to get God's Word into your heart, get this book. You will not be sorry that you did. You will probably wish, like I did, that you had gotten this book years ago.
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Summary: Learning to get to the meat
Review: Kay Arthur has a very good way to help you study your Bible. She does not walk you through what passages mean. She shows you how to get the meaning out of the passage. This is the best way to study the Bible. It is called the Inductive method because you must use inductive reasoning to interpret the part of the Bible that you are studying. She shows you how to interpret the passage in context and her method(s) of marking your Bible are very good. And again to stress a point, she underscores keeping the passage(s) in context, not pulling any one passage out and making the interpretation. If you want to know for yourself what the Bible is saying, GET THIS BOOK!! It is better to study this way and then go to commentaries than the other way around. Using her method, you will know for yourself what God is saying. This method is you drawing the meaning out of the Bible, rather than reading a meaning into the Bible. She walks you through the Inductive Study Method step by step starting from the very basic. Her style of writing is easy to understand. The method that she shows you is also easily adaptable to your preferences. I heartily recommend this book for any student of the Bible, no matter what level. If you would like to get God's Word into your heart, get this book. You will not be sorry that you did. You will probably wish, like I did, that you had gotten this book years ago.
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Summary: A good study guide
Review: Looking to get in-depth with your Bible Study? This is the book for you. The inductive method is perhaps the most intense type of Bible study. It also requires the most amount of work. Arthur's book does an excellent job of providing an introduction to inductive study. I say introduction because this is not a long book and does not go into extensive detail on any one point. Listed below are some of the pros and cons I saw in this book: Pros:
1) The book is very easy to follow. The language is plain and simple. A degree in theology is not necesary to understand what is being taught. 2) The appendixes and examples given are very well thought out and helpful. I've no doubt I'll be referring to this in the future. 3) This book teaches you how to study the Bible for yourself. You are given all the tools necessary. The author is obviously not a fan of commentaries as a first stop in Bible study but she does recommend you refer to them after you have done your own investigation. Cons:
1) This book is short. It does not go into great detail in any one of its topics. This could be a problem for someone trying to use the inductive method just from reading this book. It's possible but could be difficult. It almost seems necessary to seek out one of the seminars on inductive study offered by the author. This gets to the second con..... 2) The constant referrals to other works by this author (In particular the New Inductive Study Bible) gets a little out of hand. After the first couple chapters I had had quite enough of the advertisements. Granted this was directing you to resources that could help but the repetition was very annoying. No doubt these are fine works. I was just tired of hearing about them..... All in all I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a more in-depth Bible study.
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Summary: Excellent--Puts the Bible back in Bible Study
Review: Promoting the Inductive Method of Bible study where the scriptures are allowed to speak for themselves, Kay Arthur's book puts the Bible back at the center of Bible study--where it should be. Arthur's book outlines the Inductive Method step-by-step and explains how to use several Bible study tools that will greatly enrich your study time. Many times, Christians go to Bible study tools too early and miss out on "treasure" that they could have discovered on their own. Only after you have done your initial studies should you refer to other Bible study tools to compare and contrast what you have found. This book is highly recommended as any book promoting the Inductive Method should be.
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Summary: Excellent--Puts the Bible back in Bible Study
Review: Promoting the Inductive Method of Bible study where the scriptures are allowed to speak for themselves, Kay Arthur's book puts the Bible back at the center of Bible study--where it should be. Arthur's book outlines the Inductive Method step-by-step and explains how to use several Bible study tools that will greatly enrich your study time. Many times, Christians go to Bible study tools too early and miss out on "treasure" that they could have discovered on their own. Only after you have done your initial studies should you refer to other Bible study tools to compare and contrast what you have found. This book is highly recommended as any book promoting the Inductive Method should be.
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Summary: This book is a great tool to learn how to study the Bible
Review: This book has been the best tool I have seen to learn to study or teach others how to study the Bible for themselves. I have used these tools nearly daily since I first read the book some five years ago. After reading the book and practicing the methods in it, you too will be able to study any book of the Bible and gain practical, usable application of that passage to real life!
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Summary: Enlightning & very rewarding!
Review: This book helps you learn the steps to doing an inductive study, one where you study the source (in this case the Bible) instead of what people have written about it. (Why take their word for it?) It is definitely an effective tool, one which I have utilized in other areas of my life as well.
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