by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
Adler provides two easy ways to test that you understand any proposition in your paragraph (not just the main idea): 1) Be able to state it in different words (your own words). The proposition is the thought the words represent, not necessarily the exact words...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
Resolve to Obey, and you will Observe More. In Bible Study, your attitude determines your altitude. One of the best things you can do to help you better observe God’s word is to have a purpose and intention to obey what God is saying. That will help flip on the...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
This video shows how God-fearing scholars meet together to deliberate on how to translate a single word, slave. This illustrates how a modern-day translation committee works. In this specific case, they are the ESV translators working on the latest edition of the...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
One of the most thrilling developments in the Bible study area happened with John Ruskin’s 1857 publication of the laws of composition. Ruskin proposed nine laws of composition, which, as he noted, guided all of composition, not merely literary composition.[i]...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
This is adapted from the book Inductive Bible Study by Dr. Kenneth Acha. Inductive Spirit and Mindset Deductive Spirit and Mindset Is humble, Is prideful, Is teachable, Is unteachable, Radically open-minded; shows radical openness to the evidence and will follow it...
by Dr. Kenneth Acha, MD, DMin. | Bible Study Methods
The following is adapted from Dr. Acha’s book, Inductive Bible Study. Many things called “Bible Study” today do not involve any Bible study. My son’s teacher once held weekly Bible Study meetings where the Bible wasn’t directly studied. Instead, he...
