In part 1, the Common Sense Bible Study community discuss how to prepare your environment for Bible study and how to pick the right kind of Bibles to study. Environment: distractions, interruptions, focus, and comfort Materials: Bibles (literal, formal, dynamic, etc.), references, notes, commentaries Heart & Mind: Prayer, Humility, and Focus From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

Continuing the topic of preparing for Bible study, in this lesson, we talk about some important references for deep Bible study and how to prepare your mind and spirit for the task. Materials: References, notes, commentaries Heart & Mind: Prayer, Humility, and Focus From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

There are at least five big reasons to study the Bible: 1. Know God and what he wants 2. Become the image of the Son 3. Spiritual and doctrinal discernment 4. Have a better life 5. Make disciples Be a Berean. From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

There are at least five big reasons to study the Bible: 1. Read the whole Bible. 2. Read the whole book. 3. Survey the book. 4. Look for themes in the book. 5. Research the author and recipient. From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

It is next to impossible to arrive at mathematically definitive conclusions about almost anything in the Bible because the text was written in a different language, era, and culture from ours, and it's missing many contextual details. The Bible tends to focus on illustrations of truth rather than black-and-white statements of truth. It's tempting to let a church or theologian tell us what the Bible means and then interpret everything we read through that lens, but that's how every cult and false teaching in history has developed. The inductive Bible study method gives us a systematic way to approach the Scriptures and derive reasonably certain conclusions from the text instead of imposing our on biases onto the text. From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

The 7 Principles of Hermeneutics 1. Literal 2. Exegetical 3. Contextual 4. Specific Meaning 5. Linguistic 6. Progressive 7. Harmony From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

Avoid these common mistakes in your Bible study! Law of First Mention Hyperliteralism Tangents Secret Codes Sentimentality From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat

Avoid these other common mistakes in your Bible study! Specialness Linguistic Errors Logical Fallacies From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com). This content is free, but I accept contributions via Paypal at https://jaycarper.com/paypal. Send me a friend request on The Torah Network: https://jaycarper.com/ttn Follow me on X: https://jaycarper.com/twitter Follow me on Facebook: https://jaycarper.com/fbat