Courseguide: PM 312 Biblical Disciple-making I.: Resources

At the heart of DiscipleWay is the practice of inductive Bible study.  Inductive Bible study is all about asking the right questions of the passage you are studying.

These questions include:

• Who is the author of the passage being studied?
• When was the passage written and under what circumstances?
• How is the passage affected by its cultural-historical background?
• What literary form is being used?

You may be able to answer some of these questions with the text of scripture before you, but you will ultimately need to consult secondary resources about the Bible to help you answer these questions.

Sometimes it is hard to remember how to answer one of the questions for inductive Bible study.  For instance, students often have a hard time figuring out the difference between these two questions, and how to answer them:

1. What is the immediate context/setting of the passage?
2. How does the passage relate to its immediate context?

Click the Link below to find help in answering these questions!

The resources in the gallery to the left of this box will help you to answer these questions and others that you will ask through inductive Bible study.  Click on each picture for more information from our General Bible Study Libguide.  This guide will teach you more about these resources and will show you examples from your BMATS library.  

I invite you to come by the library any time and ask me to show you how to locate and use these resources for yourself.

I'll even let you use them on your EXAMS!