Bible Cycle Intro

Here is the scoopity-doopity -

After working through a rough sketch of where we are going with the Bible Study outline, I decided to provide a 'map' of where our journey will take us.  Keep us on track due to my affinity to squirrel to other topics.

So, I would like to introduce you to the
Bible Cycle

The Bible Cycle is composed of 'Reading' Cycles.  Think of it as areas of study, thought, and nuance that you may decide to 'circle' around before moving on.  The Bible Cycle provides a format to give organization to your Bible reading and study process.  Here are the four cycles:

• Bible Cycle 1: Book = The Big Picture
• Bible Cycle 2: Chapters = The Main Themes / Literary Units
• Bible Cycle 3: Paragraphs = The Smallest Unit of Meaning
• Bible Cycle 4: Verses = The Nitty Gritty

Outlining our next steps has provided me an organization to my personal study methods plus others.
Here we go . . . .

Bible Cycle Step 1

Okay . . Here we go!
As we begin the 'Bible Cycle' Study Method, allow me to provide an outline of what is ahead.

• I will be outlining each step each week to allow time to practice that specific step.  
• For example purposes, we will journey through the book of 1 John together.
• In between steps, I will be addressing certain issues and tools to help you with your Bible Study.  
• Issues involve presuppositions, biases, communication theory, etc
• Tools will include discussions on outlining, genres, color coding, meditation mapping, and more
• We will be doing this in bite-size chunks
• "How do you eat an elephant?"
• "One bite at a time"!

Okay!  Here is the Bible Cycle Step One:

1.  Read the whole book

1. Sit down and read all of 1 John in one sitting.
• This should take around 20-30 minutes

Okay - more coming tomorrow.  Bite-size chunks . . . 

Enjoy your reading!!