Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. - Psalm 119:105

Exegetical Bible Study

Exegetical Bible

Study Methods

Introductory seminary level methods on how to exegete the Bible for researching and developing original sermons, preparing more insightful Bible studies, research papers and commentaries.

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

How to Exegete the Bible

These curriculums are designed for any Christian, church leader or pastor to get to know and teach the Bible better.

Exegetical Bible Study Methods

This curriculum is designed to teach you how to study the Bible with the tools a good pastor would learn to use in a top level seminary.

Why should I bother with this? Because, we can gain so much more from His Word, precepts, and call if we just desire to take the time to learn more of His Word.

The Reason for the Exegetical Method

The basics of understanding Bible Study methods, how to learn from and about God's Word is basically simple, do it. But what we do not want to do is do it bad or erroneous. The science and art of exegesis or exegetical method is not meant to be scary, but rather provide us with the essential tools so we can better know and teach His Word.

How to Outline Scripture

Outlining the Bible is the primary means to prepare one to teach the precepts of Scripture in a clear and logical way. This is designed for the pastor, Bible study leader, or curriculum writer to learn how to examine the text and then draw out what is there in a logical and systematic way.

Understanding Biblical Literature

Genres in the Bible

The Bible is literature, as is any book, filled with many kinds or types of language. It has Law, History, Wisdom, Poetry, Gospel, Epistles, Prophecy, and Apocalyptic Literature.

Outlining the different Genres types of Literature

The Bible is not one book it is a library of sixty-six books that were written over a period of more than a 1,500 years by many different authors. These authors were inspired in their thinking and writing by the Holy Spirit Thus the Bible is the inspired Word of God without error. It also has the human touch from its authors. Paul is different than David, who is different than James or Moses. So there style and personality comes out to us. These create the marvelous depth and wonder of Scripture and of how God chooses to use us when...

Understanding Apocalyptic Literature

Apocalyptic, as a term in the common vernacular or dictionary definition, means something that is written in an ominous, threatening way. It is scary, thwarting, and about boding evil. The dictionary tells us it is presaging people of imminent disaster, exaggerated predictions, or allusions of the Last Days. However, this is not what it meant in the original Greek or Hebrew or in the time this term was penned. What did it mean? It means...

Exegetical Bible Study Methods

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More Exegetical Bible Insights

Here are some quality insights from some the best writers and researchers on the subject.

What Are We Looking For in the Bible?

We must not tell chiefly of people, of their faith as an attracting example and of their sins as a repelling example, but we must tell of the revelation of the grace of God in Christ.

Expositional Imposters

Mark Dever rightly describes Expositional Preaching as "preaching that takes for the point of a sermon the point of a particular passage of Scripture." However, I have heard many sermons that intend to be expositional, yet fall somewhat short. Below are seven pitfalls that one might try to avoid. Each of these pitfalls either doesn't correctly make the message of the passage the message of the sermon, or doesn't make it a message to that congregation at all.

The Diabolical Intent of Satanic Exegesis

The literal interpretation of a biblical text is not always the best interpretation.

(Jonathan Edward's Bible)

See our other resources pages, Inductive Bible Study and Bible Study Methods for more insights

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