When the discussion gets close to something in this section, I want to take advantage of the opportunity to lead the people there. They’re in my notes to serve as reminders. In the meeting, I don’t walk through these items. Third, I make sure to consider how the passage connects to the mission of Jesus Christ. Second, I outline the passage by discovering the main point of each paragraph. This section of the notes lays out the building blocks for the main point.įirst, I list key themes in the passage (“This very day is special…”). I must hold my conclusions loosely if the evidence suggests a better alternative.
In those cases, I won’t require them to conclude what I wrote in my notes. And the study climaxes when we arrive here.īut sometimes, the group discovers a slightly different main point on its own. Ideally, most of what comes up in the discussion will move us toward this point. But, though the discussion was fluid, I made sure to steer it in the right direction.īy putting the main point at the top, I’m more likely to make sure we get to it. The discussion was pretty fluid as people would observe many details in the text and ask interpretive questions. I keep this item at the top of my notes, because it’s the most important thing for us to get to. I wanted a strong question that would get us thinking about applying the main point of the passage, but without giving the whole thing away too soon.Īfter 2 or 3 minutes of sharing about what we want to be remembered for, we were ready to hit the text. Once I knew where I wanted to go, I was ready to construct the beginning. Though this was my first question, it was the very last thing I prepared. Everything else on this page of notes came first, as I studied the passage and grappled with the structure, main point, and list of questions to stimulate discussion. What is the most important thing you would like to be remembered for in the future? The first 2 minutes of the study are the most important (see Practice #5 in last week’s post), so I set the tone with this question: We didn’t read the text, but dove right into the discussion. The Bible study part of the meeting lasted 1 hour. They were also supposed to sign up to bring something for dinner, but you probably don’t need to know that. How are the Israelites to remember that night?.My expectations for the study were that participants would read the passage before the meeting and spend some time thinking about the following questions: We have a good mix of genders, generations, and life situations represented. Our group consisted of a few undergraduate students, a few young singles, a few young families, and a few divorcées.
(We live in a university town, so our lives are ones of utter enslavement to the academic calendar.) We ended with a climactic study on the Red Sea crossing (Exodus 13:17-14:31). We began studying the book of Exodus in August, and this study on Exodus 12:29-13:16 was our next-to-last study before breaking for the summer. Our group met weekly, though we held a Bible study at only 2 or 3 of those meetings each month. I led this study for my church small group that met in my home. Here are the notes I created to help me lead a recent Bible study. You may want to open these notes in another window to follow along as I walk through them. This week, I offer a sample fruit of this model. My notes for leading a discussion on Exodus 12:29-13:16
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