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What%To%Do%with%Judges:%% A%Whole4Book%Approach%to%Bible%Study% Jenny%Salt% TGCWC%14% 1.

Introduction:%what%is%this%workshop%all%about…% i)

a$whole$book$approach$/$ expository$Bible$reading$

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Using$the$Book$of$Judges$as$an$example$$

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Expository%and%Topical%Bible%reading….% i)

a$topical$approach$

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an$expository$approach$$

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3%reasons%to%go%the%“expository”%way% i)

It$protects$us$from$getting$on$our$“soapboxes”$

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It$models$an$approach$to$reading$the$Bible$generally.$$$

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It$takes$the$pressure$off$you!thinking$“what$will$we$read$now”$

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%Using%the%Book%of%Judges% i)

a$Bible$study$group…%

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where$do$you$start$

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Dividing$up$the$book$

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Let’s$say$you$have$divided$the$book$up$into$10$sections%(taken%from%Mark%Baddeley)%:% •

Judges%1:1?2:5%Starting%well%

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Judges%2:6?3:6%The%heart%of%the%problem%

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Judges%3:7?31%Othneil%and%Ehud%%

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Judges%4?5%Deborah%and%Barak%

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Judges%56:1?8:28%Gideon%%%

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Judges%8:29?9:57%Abimelech%

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Judges%10:1?12:7%Jephthah%

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Judges%13?16%Samson%

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Judges%17?18%Any%religion%will%do%

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10.%Judges%19?21%People%without%a%king%%

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Preparing$an$individual$study:$ch$3:7/31$

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The%work%of%the%Spirit:%

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Soak%in%it!%

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What’s%the%context?%

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Study%the%text%

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the%flow%of%the%text%(e.g.%different%parts%within%the%whole)%%%

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What’s%the%big%idea?%

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What%do%we%learn?%

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How%is%the%text%applied%in%the%context%of%the%cross%%

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Here’s%one%we%prepared%earlier!%

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Resources%

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Mark%Baddeley%“The%good,%the%Bad%and%the%Ugly”(Kingsford:%Matthais%Media,%2001)%

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Dale%Ralph%Davies%“Judges:%Such%a%great%salvation”%(Ross?shire:%Christian%Focus,2007)%

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Tim%Keller%“Judges%for%you”%(The%Good%Book%Company,%2013)%

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Barry%Webb,%“The%Book%of%Judges:%an%integrated%reading”%(Sheffield:%JSOT%Press,%1987)%

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