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Inductive Bible Study: A Trusted Guide to Understanding and Applying the Word of God
Inductive Bible Study(Previously published as "The Only Bible Study Book You’ll Ever Need")A Bible passage can be a verse or sentence, a paragraph, a chapter or segment, a larger section or division of a book, or an entire Bible book. This book (Inductive Bible Study) teaches you how to study any Bible passage. It teaches you the science (principles) and art (skills) of reading, interpreting, and applying God’s Word.
It uses the time-tested inductive Bible study method to teach readers how to use evidence within the biblical text to determine the meaning the author was communicating to the original audience. That authorial intent becomes the foundation for application to our modern context.
Such an objective method allows students to let the text speak for itself (exegesis) instead of taking their ideas and opinions to the text and making it say what they feel it should say or what they want it to say (eisegesis).
This book provides a step-by-step approach with numerous examples to guide the student through the inductive process of Bible study, from observation to interpretation and application. Although written for students, pastors, and church leaders, the presentation is so down to earth that anybody with an eighth-grade reading level can comprehend the text. In fact, the author and his family use it for family Bible study, and his ten- and twelve-year-old sons have read it without any difficulty.
It uses the time-tested inductive Bible study method to teach readers how to use evidence within the biblical text to determine the meaning the author was communicating to the original audience. That authorial intent becomes the foundation for application to our modern context.
Such an objective method allows students to let the text speak for itself (exegesis) instead of taking their ideas and opinions to the text and making it say what they feel it should say or what they want it to say (eisegesis).
This book provides a step-by-step approach with numerous examples to guide the student through the inductive process of Bible study, from observation to interpretation and application. Although written for students, pastors, and church leaders, the presentation is so down to earth that anybody with an eighth-grade reading level can comprehend the text. In fact, the author and his family use it for family Bible study, and his ten- and twelve-year-old sons have read it without any difficulty.
336 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2020
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October 19, 2025
Worth your time!
This is a practical and thorough book on Inductive Bible Study. It is written for the layman and easily accessible to the average student of God’s Word. I love all the tools given for proper study and interpretation of God’s Word. The quotes and stories effectively prove each point and make this book an interesting and rewarding read.
This is a practical and thorough book on Inductive Bible Study. It is written for the layman and easily accessible to the average student of God’s Word. I love all the tools given for proper study and interpretation of God’s Word. The quotes and stories effectively prove each point and make this book an interesting and rewarding read.
April 27, 2021
This book was not what I expected. Probably my own fault for not checking more carefully. This book only teaches you how to study, it does not study the Bible.
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