• application - take what it means to the original audience and apply it to your life and beyond (21st century)

1. observation -> interpretation
2. find timeless truth
3. medidate/reflect HS will help how to apply the TT + be creative
4. do/practice it w/ the guide of the HS

• laws of composition: elements used to construct literature/writing

• we have a toolbox inside we have many tools
• survey - big picture, main idea, read in one sitting
• analytical - examine details
• synthetic - second iteration survey + analytical
• critical - 5 W's
• historical - historical context
• literary - in respect to the genre
• rhetorical - figure of speech & literary device
• comparative - compare scripture to other scripture
• topical - pick a topic & find references in the bible
• devo -

• interpretation: what did the text mean?
• what did the inspired author meant when he wrote it to the specific (a) audience, (b) time, (c) issue
• how did the audience understand it?
• ask why?
• imagine you have a time machine and you can go back in time to the exact time/place of (1) where & when the author was this text was written & (2) where & when the audience was when they received it
• what is the context (historical/cultural)
• what kind of literature i.e. poem, history

• look, look, look

• what did the text say?
• 5 W's minus why (interpretation)
  • who - characters, pronouns, genealogy
  • what - what is this all about? atmosphere + mood helps
  • where - geography i.e. nazareth
  • when - time & sequence
• atmosphere - mood
• connectives - relationships (think holistic/spider web)
• repetition - emphasis
• structure & composition
• literary forms
• compare & contrast
• figures of speech

what is holistic learning

• goal: create construct
• construct is like a spider web (of connections of info) or a bunch of islands that have highways linking between them
• start off with a model (think MVP, think mock up/prototype) before going straight to creating the construct)
• model -> construct -> spider web/many islands
• metaphor: pile of bricks -> house | driving on highways you have diff route (if they're interconnected) get to solution diff route
• opposite of rote memorization (compute file system[organized] vs. spider web [messy])

how to do holistic learning

• visceralizing (think visualizing) - use emotions/feelings/image/sound i.e. yanjaa ikea; abstract -> tangible
  • big mom give life to inanimate object
• metaphor - play "That Reminds Me Of..." game
• exploring - pruning i.e. quiz yourself

web of connections, put/form together, it's the "aha" moment, is when it clicks

1. observation (detective)
   • what did it say?
   • leave your preconceived biases aside
2. interpretation (judge)
   • what did it mean?
   • pre-req: context, content, history, literature
   • (1) what was the inspired author meant when he was writing to the specific (a) audience, (b) time, (c) issue
   • (2) how did the intended audience understood
3. application
   • what does it mean to me and today's world
   • doer > hearer

karate kid analogy to learning IBS method. You might not understand the reason we're doing all this work up front but it will be fruitful.

1. pray before reading the bible filled w/ faith, ask for HS to inspire you the way He inspired the original author. Ask for wisdom.
2. read the bible like a book, in one sitting, ignoring chapters/verses (man-made)

inductive bible study con't

• the author (inspired by HS) are writing to a (1) specific group of people, (2) in a specific time about (3) a specific issue
• the audience knew what the author meant
• goal - understand what the author meant/intend to the original audience -> apply it to 21st century

diff approaches to the bible

devo

• i.e. daily devo
• you're not trying to prove a point. read for edification purposes
• don't consider context is good but should crosscheck with commentary/prone to error ### deductive
• topical i.e. marriage
• trying to prove a point you already made up, find verses to support your thesis
• ok but have to be careful
• ok as in if you did your hw, you crosscheck
• ok if your thesis is correct (what if it's not?)
• you're speaking for the text as oppose to allow the text speak for itself ### inductive
• leave behind your preconceived biases aside
• read the script as if it was your first time
• consider context, many other things
• allow scripture interpret scripture
• recommended