Galatians - Week 3
Galatians - Week 3
Informal Bible Study
Thursday January 26, 2017
- Pray
- Questions on any recent blogs?
- Apologetics
- Galatians discussion
- Review this week’s readings of Galatians
- Which different translation did you read?
- What did you notice when you read the different translation?
- Overall message of Galatians: your brief summaries.
- We’ll read some
- Consider this your first draft.
- Background Study
- “People” and “Places”. Let’s discuss our lists.
- A primer on Background Studies (based on Ferrin pp 51-60)
- Handout: Key points about Background Studies
- Handout: Ferrin-pp-58-60
- Assignment:
- read the letter to the Galatians in its entirety 5 times between now and next Thursday.
- Do a background study on the author of Galatians.
- Close
- Group prayer session
Background Studies: Key Points
- 3 questions to answer:
- Who wrote the book? (author)
- To whom was the book written? (audience)
- What was happening at the time that the book was written (atmosphere)
- How to find information
- The book itself
- Other books in the Bible (Acts, for instance)
- External resources
- Write the information down!
- Tools and resources
- Ferrin pp 59-60 (Handout)
- Online – try www.biblestudytools.com
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