The family is wonderful, but unless we understand the family in the context of the triune God who is magnifying and manifesting His glory in the world and painting the picture of it through this union that we call the family, then we are selling it short and we are not seeing it for what it really is and we are limiting our capacity to enjoy it and our capacity to glorify God through it as well.
Voddie Baucham

HOW TO READ AND APPLY THE BIBLE

HOW TO READ AND APPLY THE BIBLE F O O T ================================

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HOW TO READ AND APPLY THE BIBLE A checklist of useful questions

  1. WHAT DOES Does this passage tell us something IT SAY? about God, people, the world, etc?

Is there an example, a warning or a promise? Is there a situation today similar to the issue in the Bible passage? Is there any action to take? Does it lead to praise or prayer? 2. WHAT DOES Is there a general Biblical principle IT MEAN? arising out of this particular Bible incident? What did it mean to its original hearers? What is the main point or teaching of the passage? If it is unclear is there a clearer Bible teaching on this theme? 3. WHAT DOES When, where, to whom was it written? IT SAY FOR TODAY? Why was it written? What kind of writing is it? (History? Poetry? Prophecy? Law?) What is the whole book basically about? What do the words tell us?