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By Bernie L.
Gillespie © March 11, 2000 All Rights Reserved
The following links are provided to aid and encourage personal
Bible study. The approach I have taken is to start with a page that shares a
practical, straight forward approach to lay Bible study which almost anyone can
enjoy. In the future, several other pages will be provided for intermediate
Bible study (inductive study using the English Bible) and an advanced study
(using basic knowledge of Bible language and exegetical aids).
The first link is an introduction to a method of Bible
study given by R. A. Torrey. It encourages regular Bible study and suggests a
method and attitude for doing personal Bible study.
The second link offers a step-by-step description for conducting
personal Bible study. The third link is given to take you to a Worksheet
that can be printed off for writing out the results of your Bible study.
NOTE: You must first
down-load a free version of Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
in order to access this resource.
The fourth link provides a list of basic resources -
Bible translations, handbooks, concordances, study guides, commentaries and
software - for doing basic English Bible Study. Many of these resources can be
located on the Web at Amazon.com.
The last link takes you to an excellent Bible reading
schedule. There is no other way to learn the message of the Bible than to read
through the entire Bible several times. I encourage you to read daily and to
read through the Bible every year. My advice is that you can never read the
Bible too much. The greatest need among Christians is simply a greater
familiarity with what the Bible says.
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