Ground Rules for Intelligent Bible Study

It appears from surveys that few churchgoers study the Bible. They may take comfort from selected verses, but very seldom do they engage the text of Scripture in a sustained effort to learn its meaning.

From various quarters come reports that most churchgoers do not in fact investigate Scripture with the object of finding out whether what they have been taught is true or false. There is an alarming acceptance of tradition unexamined.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible, “How to Read the Bible with Understanding,” (p. 1515) remarks that:

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Author: Restoration Fellowship

Keywords: Bible Study, Studying the Bible, Bible studies, Searching the Scriptures, Understanding the Bible, Understaing the Scriptures, Bible reading, Understand the Bible, How to read the Bible

Bible reference(s): Psalm 1:2, Psalm 119, Isaiah 8:20, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 13:52, Matthew 22:29, Mark 12:24, Luke 4:4, Luke 24:45, John 5:39, Acts 17:2, Acts 17:11, 1 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:15-16

Source: “Ground Rules for Intelligent Bible Study,” Focus on the Kingdom, Volume 3, No. 9, June 2001.

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