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Your approach to study is going to depend on what you’re trying to study. You may be wondering just how you select the passage you’re going to study.

It may be that you have a passage selected for you, such as in your Sunday School curriculum, your church bulletin with the scripture reading on Sunday morning, or the passage selected by your small group.

If you are looking for a place to start there are a number of options.

1 Reading the Bible through. Many people try this method first, but it isn’t one of the better approaches to Bible study. You tend to get some of the most difficult material to interpret early in your study, such as Leviticus and Numbers.

2 Choosing a Bible book. Mark or John are good books to start with, though you’ll want to return to John again when you have more experience. John is simple on one level, but it offers depths that can only be reached through long and careful study.

3 Choosing a topic. This isn’t an approach we recommend in general, but if you study substantial passages from various books on a subject it can be valuable.

4 Using the Lectionary. The Lectionary is a calendar of Bible readings selected for use during the Christian year. These normally include an Old Testament passage, a Psalm, a selection from one of the epistles, and a gospel reading. The Lectionary uses three cycles of readings, each covering one year, cycles A, B, and C. You can find the current readings at www.textweek.com. If your church uses a Lectionary for worship, studying the Lectionary each week may help deepen your worship experience and further your learning.