Have you ever been to a Bible study that didn t have much Bible or study at all? Without a proper understanding of how to do it, students can be disappointed or scared away from studying the Bible. So what is Bible study and can it work for high schoolers?
No stranger to teaching the Bible to teenagers, Jon Nielson confirms that real, meaningful Bible study is not only possible for students, but important. He takes students seriously and expects them to take their faith seriously. Unpacking five truths about the Bible that it is God speaking, is powerful, is understandable, is literary, and is one story he demonstrates how the Bible should be studied and how teenagers themselves can lead that study.
Jon Nielson has worked as director of training for the Charles Simeon Trust, an organization that provides training in biblical exposition. He is currently college pastor at College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and is author of Bible Study: A Student's Guide.
Bible Study: A Students Guide by Jon Nielson This book was not what I expected, it was better. I admit before I started this book I assumed it would be a dictation on various excerpts, versus, from the bible. What I mean is I thought the book would explain how the author interprets various particular texts and why the author believes the text should be interpreted that way. I thought that the author would then use the same interpreting method to interpret other versus so the reader would learn how to get more out of reading the Bible. This book is not an interpretation of the way the author views the messages in the Bible, but a guide for any person to examine how they are currently reading/interpreting the bible, and what they could do to improve their understanding.