Its been along time since I updated ... so here is the latest news.
I'm in Penang, Malaysia doing an SBS Core Course. Which is a 3 month school which teaches the Inductive method of studying the Bible, so rather than just being taught on the Bible, you are taught to read the Bible correctly ... observe what is there... then interpret what it meant to the original readers, then apply it to our own lives. Rather than having something in mind, then finding verses to support it.
Its an intensive 3 months, but 2 weeks in I'm loving it ... the hardest part about it is that God speaks so much through his word when you study it this way, that you have to stop studing and doing assignment ... because God is doing something in your life.
There is a 9 month version of this school which goes through the whole Bible in 9 months ... whereas we in 3 months study roughly 16 books in depth (from Historical books to epistles to prophets) and then are able to continue to use the method to study the rest on your own.
So I'll be here until end of June, then I will be back home in July for my birthday and get a new Thai visa, then back to Thailand in August.
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Good to hear from you Tom. I agree with your comments. We often set out to read God's Word... but the reality is that we must allow God's Word to read us. His Word is sharper than a two edged sword. It penetratee deep into the heart of man. It touches us at the very core of our being. Keep studying The Book of God... it is the very essence of who the Father is.
bigMatt
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