Understanding the Bible Printable Pack

Description

Understanding the Bible is absolutely VIATAL to our spiritual development and that of our kids. But do we truly know how to study the Bible so we can understand its meaning?

This pack helps you explain and explore a simple method for studying the Bible. It’s called the “top-down” method as is promoted by Bible scholars and apologists alike.

Understanding the Bible Printable Pack

We tend to read the Bible upside-down. No, not literally, but literarily, from the bottom up. We often start trying to make meaning of or understanding the Bible at the verse level.

Greg Koukl warns against this by saying, “Never read a Bible verse. Instead, always read a paragraph (at least) if you want to unlock the meaning of a passage. The key to the meaning of any verse comes from the paragraph, not just from the individual words.” (str.org)

Fee & Stuart say we need to understand that the meaning of words and sentences “have full and clear meaning only in relation to preceding and succeeding sentences.” (How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, p. 31)

We should gain meaning from the Bible using the “top-down approach,” says Russell in his book, Playing with Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul. This means starting with the largest unit of meaning first, the genre (or kind of text). After we understand the type of literature that it is, we gradually flow down to the smaller units of meaning like the verse and even the individual words.

This printable pack, designed for 5th grade and up, shares practical read alouds and printable activities for helping your kids understand how to better read and understand the Bible according to its original intent using the “top-down” method.

What You’ll Find Inside:

Read Alouds:

• “Top-Down” Approach
• Quick Tips for Bible Study
• Should We Have a Literal Interpretation?
• Storyline of the Bible
• Genre
• Chapter/Book Context
• Paragraph Context
• Verse & Word
• Bible Promises?

Charts

• Understanding the Bible Charts {color, blackline, and blank for note-taking}
• Storyline of the Bible {filled in and blank for note-taking}

Printable Activities

• Oval Craft
• Top-Down Method Organizer
• Name that Genre! scavenger hunts {2 already-made, 1 blank}
• Five Questions – for examining the Who?, What?, When?, Where? and Why? of a book of the Bible
• Context Clues worksheets {3 already-made, 1 blank}
• Lots of Promise Sort
• Bible Bookmarks learners can place in their Bibles to use

More resources for further reading PLUS answer keys!

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