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This book is a basic guide to Bible study. We start by presenting the basic principles of the method. These principles led us to develop this system and many of the exercises we suggest. We hope they will help you as well.

You will also notice that we provide exercises for a number of passages. Don’t limit yourself to our suggestions, but do work through them. You can use the same idea on another passage, or create similar exercises for yourself and your study group.

The idea is for you to find your own way to get involved. Be creative. It doesn’t hurt to use your imagination as long as you remember what is imagination and what is grounded in the text.

For each lesson, begin by reading the text. (There is one exception, which has special instructions at the beginning of the chapter.) Then choose some exercises. If you are working with a small group, divide the exercises between various members of the group and have each one report the results back to the entire group.

This book is best used in community. You can study it by yourself, but sharing with others is a critical part of this method. If you are studying on your own, find people with whom you can share and discuss.

The first section, LEARNING, should be studied in order. The second section, LIVING, can be studied in any order or you can use it selectively.

For further study we provide a number of additional references in the footnotes. As a follow-up study, you may want to consider working through one of these suggested books or web sites. In these footnotes we have added the ISBN to the standard footnote format to make it easier for you to locate these books via online retail web sites.

There are a few terms in the book that are bolded when they first occur. These are terms that are not explained extensively in the text, but are included in the Glossary.

For additional help, please check the Participatory Bible Study web site, www.deepbiblestudy.com. In addition, both co-authors blog, Geoffrey Lentz at www.geoffreylentz.com, and Henry Neufeld at www.deepbiblestudy.net. You will find additional information there on many of the topics in this book, and questions are always welcome in the comments.

We pray that God blesses you, and we believe he will, as you study!