InductiveBibleStudies

• PREPARE YOUR INTRODUCTION (No more than 5-minutes from start to finish!):

  • Have someone open in prayer.
    • Don’t be the one who prays if at all possible, so that right away, others see themselves as contributing to the study.  This opening prayer time is NOT for general requests but is specifically asking God to lead you all as you study His word together.
  • Have one or two people read the passage completely out loud for the whole group.
    • Again, don’t be the one who reads the passage, so that others will feel that they have something to contribute to the study.
  • Include a short 3-minute (and not 1 second over 3 minutes not matter what!) description of the Big Questions.
  • FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS & BRING THOSE ANSWERS ALREADY COMPLETED WITH YOU TO THE STUDY:  Who wrote this passage?  When was it written?  Who were the original readers?  Why did the author write the book?
    1. For answer the big questions, for now, just use bobwetmore.com.
       1. bobwetmore.com has all of this information in a simple manner.  You can find out who wrote it, why he wrote it, who first read it, why the author wrote to these people, what he wanted to change in his readers.  The website is not perfect, but it will help Bible study leaders prepare.
          1. Psalms: https://bobwetmore.com/psalms/
          2. Rest of the Old Testament: https://bobwetmore.com/the-old-testament-story/old-testament-timeline/
          3. New Testament: https://bobwetmore.com/nt_timeline/
       2. There are many different websites dealing with this, but it is so hard to figure out who you can trust and you can spend all night looking for answers!

       3. Once you have answered the BIG QUESTIONS, It is time to look at Part 1.  Click here to find questions about the CONTEXT.