God's Big Story
First 4 time periods.
What is Creation, Fall, Early History, and Patriarchs?
3 Big Bible Themes.
What is God's Faithfulness, Human Rebellion, and God's Rescue Plan?
Don't read one verse.
What is context? Read the verses before and after and learn about the time and location.
6 Bible Genres.
What is Law, History, Wisdom Poetry, Prophecy, Biography, and Letters?
4 books of the Law.
What is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy?
2nd group of 4 time periods. (after Patriarchs)
What is Slavery and Exodus, Wilderness and Conquest, Judges, United Kingdom?
A story where you saw God's faithfulness.
What is ...
Descriptive text.
What is describing what happened or what something looks like?
Questions for studying History
When and where did it take place? Who was present?
4 Biographies.
What is Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
3rd group of 4 time periods. (after United Kingdom)
What is Divided Kingdom, Exile, Return, Silence?
A story where you saw Human Rebellion?
What is ..
Prescriptive passage.
What is a command or instruction?
Questions for studying Law.
Is this command for the Israelites or everyone? What do these commands reveal about God? And what He values?
4 books of History.
What is Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1–2 Samuel, 1–2 Kings, 1–2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther and Acts?
Last 4 time periods. (after Silence)
What is the Life of Christ, Early Church, Church Age, Jesus' return?
A story that pointed to God's Rescue Plan.
What is human rebellion? Exile was judgement for sin.
What is God's faithfulness? God was with them even in exile.
Big theme questions for the whole Bible.
What truths does this passage reveal about God? Humans? God’s rescue plan?
Questions for studying Prophecy.
Reminders of God’s commands? Future Revelations? Anything about the coming Rescuer?
4 books of Wisdom Poetry.
What is Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs?
What is the Exile?
A story that points to two themes.
What is ...
Applying revealed truths.
What is right thinking, actions, passions, and relationships? What do I need to say sorry for and turn from?
Questions for studying Wisdom Poetry.
Job - Who is speaking?
Psalms - What feelings are being expressed? What requests are being made? What truths about God do they remind themself of?
Proverbs - What wisdom (not promises) can we learn?
4 books of Prophecy.
What is Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Revelation?