Bible Log

You know I want the course to make reading the Bible more fruitful for you and those around you, and for the Bible to make the doctrines you encounter more fruitful too. Here's an exercise to encourage that.

Before you begin, create the file in which all of your work will go, if possible on the cloud. Make sure it's regularly backed up! Then, in that file:

Keep a journal of what you (a) learn, (b) obey, and (c) share from the Bible as you engage it both through discovery Bible studies and elsewhere (other assigned passages, personal reading, chapel, church, other discovery groups, and so on).

As you consider secondary sources such as the readings and online lectures, also report key discoveries and insights.

Strive for at least seven entries. The primary format of these is reporting, but you can make further observations, draw conclusions, preach, rant, exposit ... the church's servants do all of these, often well.

Conclude your journal with a brief summative reflection of some kind, and share it with your duckling and any others you like.

Remember, I always want to see proper style, clear writing, a thorough answer to the question, and explicit citations of course materials. I hope this assignment extends the power of your interactions with scripture in ways that encourage you to continue those interactions after the course and multiply them with others.