Inductive Bible study is defined in our text as “an approach to inquiry in which students learn by examining the study themselves and drawing their own conclusions..” (Thompson, p. 12). I believe that Thompson’s goal here is to examine the Bible for himself and to encourage us to examine it for ourselves instead of relying on something we hear in class, church or read in a Christian book. I see Thompson's view on Bible study as a simple task to rely solely on the Bible and not on people. In the opening of chapter 2, Thompson informs us that reading Scripture should not be about memorization but should be tuned to understand and live out God’s …show more content…
Although, I am a bit intimidated just from listening to previous students talk about it. I love reading Scripture and I make it one of my very top priorities so I am hopeful that this inductive Bible study method will challenge me and help me study the Bible of a deeper level than I have in the past. This paper discussed the text Bible Study That Works while focusing on what I personally believe to be Thompson's view of effective Bible study, what I have learned, what aspect of this method is going to challenge me the most, and how motivated I am to indulge in the inductive Bible study