Bible Connections

Know what the passage says before you teach it.

For people who teach the Bible to somebody — a small group, a class, a family — and want to be sure they have the passage right first. Nothing here assumes you went to seminary.

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The Six Steps

The process I run every passage through before I teach it. Worked in order, on any passage.

  1. 1Read ItBefore anybody's opinion is layered on top, including yours. Then read what's around it.
  2. 2Cross OverFind out what world you just walked into: who wrote it, to whom, and what was happening to them.
  3. 3Stand in Their WorldCrossing over is gathering the facts. Standing in their world is feeling them.
  4. 4Verify ItMake no assumptions. Hold your reading up against all of Scripture.
  5. 5Come BackBring it back in plain language, in words a person can actually use.
  6. 6Carry It HomeWhat does this passage ask of me this week? And how does that point me to Jesus?

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Watch, then study

Every video has a free companion: the video shows the work, the companion lets you do it yourself.

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About Joseph

I'm Joseph. I don't have a seminary degree, and nothing here assumes you do either. I've studied Scripture on my own for years, and the Six Steps are how I make sure I'm teaching what a passage actually says, not what I assumed it said.

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