Life Group Northwest Indiana - A Young Adults Small Group in Northwest Indiana

Join us as we continue our discussion on how to study God's Word. This week, we will be discussing the question, "How do I know when I am meditating?"

Join us as we continue our study of how to study God's Word.

Join us as we continue our discussion on how to study the Bible. We will continue teaching about literary genres in this episode.

Join us as we talk about the Resurrection and what it means for us as Christians today.

Join us as we continue our study on how to study God's Word.

Join us as we discuss I Corinthians 1-3 and the Holy Spirit's work in our lives.

Join us this week as we apply our most recent lessons, and begin discussing how to format a personal Bible study.

Join us as we review the Laws of Study, and discuss tools and tips to help study and understand God's Word.

Law #8 - Inference Inference is when you take all things into account, particularly things that are not directly expressed or stated, and come to a conclusion.  It is taking definition, usage, context, historical background, logic and reasoning, precedent, and unity into account.  This is taking the facts and coming to a conclusion similar to A=B, B=C, so A=C.  It is someone filling...

Law #7: Unity Review: To grasp the meaning of the text God has intended.  We do not create meaning out of a text; rather, we seek to find the meaning that is already there.  - Grasping the Word Law # 1: Definition - Words mean something Law #2: Usage - We do not impose our time and culture today into the text.  If done this way, one's own preconceived and cultural biases will be par...

Law # 6 - Precedent The rule of PRECEDENT: We must not violate the known usage of a word and invent another for which there is no precedent. Just as a judge’s chief occupation is the study of previous cases, so must the interpreter use precedents in order to determine whether they really support an alleged doctrine. The OT was the precedent. The Bereans show us a pattern for Scriptural study. They...

Law #5 - Logic and Evidence Have you ever heard a preacher or teacher who seemed to take a text in a direction that didn’t make sense to you?  In a direction that doesn’t seem to fit the context around it? It’s not that you’ve studied it and know they’re wrong, it just doesn’t seem to fit what’s happening, right? It’s possible you either misunderstood or misheard what was said, or… The preach...

Law of Study # 4 - Historical Background The interpreter must have some awareness of the life and society of the times in which the Scripture was written. The spiritual principle will be timeless but often can’t be properly appreciated without some knowledge of the background. If the interpreter can have in his mind what the writer had in his mind when he wrote – without adding any excess baggage...

Laws of Study #3: Context ILL - Back when my mom was at Hammond Baptist, she was seen kissing a boy in the hallway and was sent to the office. Seems straight forward, right. Let me add some details. The boy she was kissing was her brother. -  That makes it worse right? My uncle covered her mouth with his hand and pretended to kiss her. The man who saw them “kissing” was in his first year of t...

Law #2 - Usage It must be remembered that the Old Testament was written originally by, to and for Jews. The words and idioms must have been intelligible to them – just as the words of Christ when talking to them must have been. The majority of the New Testament likewise was written in a milieu of Greco-Roman (and to a lesser extent Jewish) culture and it is important to not impose our modern usage...

Law of Study #1: DEFINITION More Words The Virtuous Woman Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. What do you think virtuous means?  Pure, integrity, חַיִל chayil, khah'-yil from H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:—able, activity, ( ) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great)...

4 Steps of Interpretation (Grasping God’s Word) Grasping the Text in Their Town Question: What did the text mean to the biblical audience? Measuring the Width of the River to Cross Question: What are the differences between the biblical audience and us? Crossing the Principalizing Bridge Question: What is the meaning in this text? Grasping the Text in our Town Question: How should individual Chris...