Keep Pluggin Away

Since everyone is at different places in this, please just let me know where you are or if you need anything. If you want me to post more pages that are completed so that you can see them, I'd be happy to do that.

If this is just too overwhelming, please just set it aside and just read the chapters. We aren't doing this to overwhelm everyone but just to look at a different way to study. So if it isn't for you, no worries. We'll do something different next time.

Let me know what you need, what tools, what questions you have or if you have scrapped this all together and are ready to move on to something else.

Where would you like to go now???

Titus 2 & 3

Hi Ladies,
I apologize for not posting more this week. It has been a bit crazy. I will email you a new worksheet (also below) that you can take a look at and work on filling out. It will help you break down the book even a little further. Let me know if you have any questions on it.


Have you marked all your key words in the 3 chapters? Have you found themes for the paragraphs and the book itself? I want to hear how you are doing so please post something, even if it is saying you are behind but working on. I know a couple of you have told me how you are doing but haven't heard from the rest of you. Please let me know.

Have a great day!

Continuing On

Hi Ladies!
Not seeing much chatter on here. Let us all know how you are doing, things you have found, etc. What do you think is the theme of Titus? Let me know what you think. I'll give you the answer tomorrow.

Please continue to go through the chapters (2 & 3) and circle key words, find themes for each paragraph and then for the whole book if you haven't already.

I'll give you something new to look at tomorrow. Have a blessed time studying!

What to do now...

Today or over the weekend I'd like you to begin marking the key words in Titus 1. Please print out the copies of the chapter that I emailed you so that you can mark and write all over it. Here is an example of what I mean by marking key words. Use your colored pencils and as you go through the text...


So every time you see Paul or a reference to Paul, such as I, you will circle those words in purple. Every time you see Titus or a reference to him you will do a red rectangle around the word. Every time you see a conjunction word... but, for, or, so that, for this reason....etc. mark them with three dots above them in green.
And so on.

This is to help you see the meaning or purpose of the scripture more clearly. See point 3 below.

You want to begin a book study by doing an overview. Scripture should always be interpreted according to context. (understanding what the text means)

Context
Con = with
Text = the weave

We start with the overview because it helps with the frame work

When you are looking at doing an overview of the scriptures, these are the things you want to pay attention to...
1) What type of literature it is (listed below)
2) Historical Setting - we need to understand the culture it was written in, mark people to identify this better and look at the who, what, when, where, why, how What do you think it is for Titus? The WHO is Paul, the author Titus the recipient and it is about those who contradict (you can mark the who contradict by underlining them in brown 2x)
3) Mark Key Words - this helps unlock the meaning to the text, they are usually repeated words, they are key to understanding the books message, if the word was removed the text would lose it's meaning
4) Lists (key word mapping), there are several lists in Titus. The first one starts in Vs 6 and goes to the end of Vs 9. It starts with 1 - above reproach 2 - the husband of one wife 3 - having children who believe 4 - above reproach 5 - not self- willed .... there are 18 points in this list. See if you can see the rest of them.
5) Theme/s - what is the key theme throughout this book?
6) Purpose - why was this book written?

Types of literature written in the Bible.

• doctrinal
• letter
• poem/poetry
• phrophetic
• biographical
• historical

What type of writing do you think Titus is? I'll help you out here. MOST of the New Testament is doctrinal. Titus is also doctrinal. Doctrine is defined as "a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachings" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system." You will see throughout Titus different lists and instructions. They are talking about sound doctrine.

Books like Song of Solomon, Psalm & Proverbs are poems or poetry.
Joshua & Exodus are narratives.
Kings is historical.
Etc.

OK - I know I have given you a lot of information here. I have already given you the type of literature it is as well as the historical setting. Here is what you can do today and over the weekend:
1) Find explore the type of literature & historical setting for yourself.
2) Find an overall theme for the book of Titus
3) Find themes for each of the paragraphs in Titus 1
4) Mark the words listed on the "marking key words"
If you have more time and want to continue... go ahead and start marking the lists by putting a subscript 1, 2, 3, etc at each point of the list.

We will do the same for Chapter 2 on Monday. I'll send you Chapter 2 & 3 in your email today so you can mark all key words if you want to. Please let me know if you are struggling with anything or need help! Blessings!

Titus 1

For today & Friday ONLY read Titus 1. Do not try to do too much or you will feel overwhelmed and frustrated. Try to do the following:

• check your email - I have given you the handouts to help you read, mark and explore these chapters. I have only emailed you Chapter 1 to work on for today and tomorrow. (if you have not received this in your email let me know so I can send it to you.)
• get a set of colored pencils (you'll need these soon)
• begin to see a common theme for this chapter
• begin to recognize a theme for each paragraph... the chapter is broken up into the following paragraphs: Vs 1-3, V 4, Vs 5-9, Vs 10-16 (when a verse number is BOLD, that is the beginning of a new paragraph)
  
• look for key words (words that are used more than 2 times), you can write these down and soon we will learn to mark them
• Recognize who wrote the book, who the book was written for
• read Titus Chapter 1 as many times as you need to in order to see the things above

Tomorrow we will mark key words and I will ask you to "comment" on what you think the Chapter Theme is and Paragraph Themes. Do worry - it isn't a test! If you need help, just ask. I will also post things to help you.

Jesus bless you as you study His word!

Titus

Good morning Ladies!
We are going to get started on a new book today. We will be going through Titus "precept" style. We chose this book because it is short and precepts can be pretty intense so we are doing this as a starting point and to help each of us learn how to study the word of God even better. I will give you instructions and also scan in some resources for you as we go.

For today we will ONLY be reading through the book of Titus. There are things I want you to be thinking about as you read it but I don't want you to do anything else but read today. Part of doing precepts is to really read and study the word of God in an "inductive" way. This means to use your Bible as our primary source of study. Please refrain from using commentaries or any other sources to help you understand. We will be looking at ways for you to understand the word on your own. I'll give you more pointers as we go and if at any time, this gets confusing or you get lost at all, please let me know. I'll be there to help you every step of the way.

Precepts Mission: To establish people in God's word
Vision: People living as exemplary followers of Jesus Christ

• Studying the Bible inductively
• Viewing the world biblically
• serving the church faithfully in the power of the Holy Spirit

Inductive Bible Study
Goal: to know God
Using the Bible as our primary source for study

• observation - examining what the text says (ask: Who, What, Where, Why, When)
• Interpretation - understanding what text means
• Application - applying meaning of text to my life 1) change of belief 2) change of behavior

Deductive - someone studying the Bible for you

There is a lot more information I can give you and I will give you more tomorrow but for today, I just want you to understand what it means to study the word inductively and just begin to ask yourself Who, What, When, Where, Why as you begin to read the book of Titus...
Who wrote the book?
What is the book written about?
When was the book written?
Where was the book written?
Why is the book written?

A couple things you will need... Get a notebook, folder or 3 ring binder so that you can begin to write things down as you study and find the answers. Get a set of colored pencils. Tomorrow we will mostly just be reading again. Friday, we will begin to do some markings. I'll give you a "key" as well as the worksheets with the text.

I hope you enjoy this. Please let me know if you have any questions. May the Lord reveal himself to you in a new way as you begin to study.

Blessings,
Pamela