Why Is The Bible Used | Mind Map

Privately by Christians

Private use of the lector divina

Commentaries

To use as guidance when studying the Biblealone.

Disadvantages

Coming to the Bible without anypreconceptions, makes sure no one elseopinions are influening

You are making sure it is speaking to YOU

Advantages

Stops us using your blik

The language we reading is meaningful to us aswe see it through our own spiritualunderstanding

May challenge your views

Helps you to see alternative views

Might make understanding deeper and moremeaningful. Contextualising it.

"Commentaries should be used to supportrather than direct our own interrpatiivteinvestigation" Holgate

Immediate reassurance or guidance

Private study in tune with lectionary

Contemplation, Prayer, Meditation

Ethical Guidance

How to live your life.

Keeping in touch with God

Keeping your relationship living

Inspire creativity

i.e. Artists, Musicians

Educating children

Worship

Sermon

Lectionary

Set Reading

Pulpit

Preaching

Private Devotional Reading

Group Study/Bible Study

to create hymns

To create Prayer

The lords Prayer isdirectly from scripture

Liturgy, pattern of the service

Used in Baptisms, weddings, funeral,confirmation

Right of Passage

Eucharist (Thanksgiving)

Advertising

Used to encourage worship and evangelise

Sunday School

Evangelise

Alpha Course

Bring more people into the church, askingquestions

Missionary Work

Inspire you to do the work

Used in work

Publicly by Christians

Formal

The Revised common lectionary

Advantages

Disciplines worship leaders to use wider rangeof biblical texts, rather than just ones they arecomfortable with.

Allows for ecumenical movement

Helps worship leaders make connectionsbetween biblical texts

Disadvantages

Restrict worship leaders, cannot respond tonews and current affairs.

Worship leaders and congregations may beguided towards particular interpretations oftext by placing certain texts together.

Could narrow down interpretation

Doesn't include the whole Bible

Leaves reading up to the individual, leavingroom for misunderstanding or people notreading it at all.

Also shapes their understanding of theimportant parts of Christianity

Expository Preaching

"Expository preaching is structured, discourse,direct, reflective, and concretely applied.

It is the breakdown of passages, putting it intocontext and explaining passages to thecongregation.

It is regularly designed to challenge people'scurrent beliefs and attitudes.

Importance

Whatever your world view you will translate andsee things in that way. SL: RM. Hare "Peoplehave bliks"

Dangerous to see the Bible through only yourown eyes

Breaks it down into how they confronted theiroriginal hearers and readers, in order to make itrelevant today.

Also important to see the Bible as a whole text,and not picking out individual texts andreading them alone.

Informal

Youth +Bible Study

Spontaneous Speaking/ preaching

Evangelism

Street preaching

Proclaiming it

Being overcome by the holy spirit

In testimony

Missionary Work

Putting faith into action

Education

AcademicStudy

For devotional Reasons

For academic reasons (students)