Bible Studies

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Any good suggestions for traditional bible studies, particularly those that focus in on the gospels?

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Greg
 
falcogreg said:
Any good suggestions for traditional bible studies, particularly those that focus in on the gospels?

Thanks,
Greg
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Since other posters will direct you to prepared studies, I’m going to suggest something different.
  • Work out a harmony of the gospels. Print out all four gospels (I can do this for free at my local library) and cut them apart with scissors and rearrange the stories on your dining room table so that you make one large gospel. You will be surprised what you learn about where they overlap and where they don’t.
  • Follow a single word through all four gospels, like the word “kingdom”.
  • Outline one or all the gospels. You’ll be surprised to discover the hidden structures of Matthew, Luke, and John.
  • Map the gospels. Find all the places that are mentioned. See if you can discover a rationale for where Jesus went and why, and how what he says and does in those places is relevant.
 
Dr. Scott Hahn has some amazing Bible studies available from St. Joseph’s Communications. He has separate studies for each of the four Gospels, as well as instructions on how to study the Bible on your own. 👍
 
Jeff Cavins has one called the “Great Adventure Bible Study.” I have used the timeline. It is based on Covenant Theology, and is supposed to be very well done.
 
One more prepared study, which I would rate as being very very strong is the Catholic Scripture Study series www.cssprogram.net. This is the series my church does and it’s terrific, it’s written by authers like Dr. Scott Hahn as well as Steve Ray and other good orthodox Catholics. They’re very deep studies, and very well formatted. The only draw back, is it’s very much centered around being an organized church study and it requires a “teacher kit” being purchased (several hundred dollars) before allowing you to purchase a student kit.

But if you can organize one for your church, that is a probably one of the best routes to take.
 
I have been part of a number of Bible Studies but nothing has opened the Bible up to me than the three Scripture classes I took as part of my Lay Ministry training. I am sure we covered this in Catholic HS and again when I took Intro to Scripture at a Catholic Univ, but seeing it again after living and learning for many more years really made a difference.

I have worked with youth since college and have enjoyed the studies aimed at teens. Kevin Perrotta has two wonderful series through** Loyola Press**: Six Weeks with the Bible and Six Weeks with the Bible for Catholic Teens. I love how he uses warm-up questions before each study.
 
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