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Word Study Shortcuts

June 25, 2020 By Krisan Marotta

While I recommend you learn how to do your own word studies, here are some shortcuts you can take to save time, to get past “study block” or compare your ideas with someone else’s.

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Interpretation

August 19, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

After you’ve done your observation, word studies, outlining and answered the questions you generated, it’s time to start putting it all together. In this step, you want to collect, refine and organize all those details you observed into a coherent meaning.

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Figurative Language

August 16, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

Biblical writers also used figurative language and vivid imagery. How are we to understand it?

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How to do an Analytical Outline

July 29, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

An analytical outline is a way of displaying a text of Scripture so that the flow of thought and the relationship between the grammatical parts become clear. It is my favorite study tool and one of the first things I do. Learn how to make one.

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5W’s and H

May 31, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

You may have been taught to create a list of questions, using the “5Ws and H” (who, what, when, where, why, how). If you need some help learning how to use the “5Ws and H”, here are some questions to get you started.

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Context

May 24, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

When learning how to study the Bible, you’ve probably heard the expression “context is king”, meaning context is the arbitrator that rules a particular interpretation valid or not. But how do you use context to decide between possible interpretations?

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How to do a word study

May 17, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

Word studies are one of the basic tools of Bible study. With today’s tools, you don’t have to know Greek and Hebrew to do a good word study. Here’s how.

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Bible Study Procedure

May 3, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

Wondering how to put all the tools and pieces of Bible study together so that you can tackle a specific passage of Scripture? Here’s the overall procedure.

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Observation

April 26, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

The first step in Bible study is observation. The goal is to slow down your reading and generate a list of questions that must be answered to understand the passage. I tend to break observation into the following 4 steps which generally correspond to my first few readings through the passage.

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What to observe in Bible study

September 7, 2016 By Krisan Marotta

Over lunch recently a friend confessed: “I know an essential step of any Bible study is observation. But what am I suppose to observe?” So glad you asked! Sometimes we take this step for granted when teaching on how to study the Bible, but observation is a skill we learn and practice like any other.

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How NOT to interpret the Bible: don’t ‘think twice’

July 8, 2015 By Krisan Marotta

One of the most common mistakes in interpreting the Bible is riffing on a particular word or phrase at the expense of context. No one thinks they fall into this trap and yet, if you listen for it, you’ll hear it everywhere.

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