As we learn to look at each passage of Scripture through the Big Picture of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration we get ‘a collective understanding of God’s purpose from Genesis to Revelation’ which point us to Christ.

These are not different stages to be marked off in order, but ‘a set of practices that interrelate and overlap’. Women of the Word does this through Five P’s of Sound Study: Purpose, Perspective, Patience, Process and Prayer, with each area receiving its own chapter.

I’ve listened to many sermons, attended (and lead) many bible studies, and tried to study the Bible systematically, but it still rings true with me.Īnd so, the challenge and invitation are given to learn how to study the Bible effectively and get to know the Scripture (and God) better. We don’t know our Bibles like we need to – some of us who are new to the faith don’t know them at all, and many of us who have been in the church for decades are scarcely better off. We do our best to cobble together a patchwork knowledge of Scripture, pieced from sermons, studies, and quiet times, but we are often confronted with the gaps and loose seams in the garment of our understanding, particularly when life gets hard. Methods that focus on us rather than God, and emotions rather than intellect.Īre you aware of a gap in your biblical knowledge? Maybe this quote will ring true with you: Jen begins by explaining that her passion for teaching women the Bible came from her own realisation of gaps in her knowledge of the Bible, due to biblical ignorance and misguided Bible Study Methods.

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