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2013 Top posts #9 – The three main reasons Group Bible Studies have problems

I don’t mean the oddities of the people who turn up, or lack of prayer – but the clue’s in the title. When we come to a group Bible Study, what should we be expecting? 1. Bible It should be obvious that this is the centre – but my experience is that all too easily

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19+1 ways to lead a Bible Study

bible study methos

If your bible studies are feeling stuck in a rut because you always approach passages in the same kind of way, here are twenty ideas to try (well, nineteen plus the one you already use). They all aim at the same goal, of understanding the passage properly, but the tasks are a little bit different

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Two kinds of good bible study question – and the critical difference

Bible study questions

You’ve probably been in a bible study where the leader asks a question and there’s that awkward silence. Is the question too hard, too easy, or too badly phrased? Often it’s down to the kind of question that’s been asked. In particular, we need to know the difference between an open and a closed question.

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