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2010

One Word Bible Study

Posted on 18:11, January 17th, 2010 by Ray Waldo

A couple years ago, I read Louie Giglio’s book, “I am not but I know I AM – The story of God.” It was an enjoyable read and the overall content was excellent. I question some of Giglio’s theology and techniques but not enough to matter. One thing that I did pick up from the book was his “One Word Bible Study.”

The idea is to pick a verse of Scripture and then read it one word at a time. Literally, ONE WORD. Giglio suggested that you mediate on that single word for a day or longer. During that time, you seek God for instruction, you search your memory for associated information and you allow the people & events of the day to teach you.

This type of study has some benefits and some liabilities. The benefit of remaining sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s guidance for an extended time is enormous. However, and this is one of the problems that I find with Giglio’s theology, focusing on a single word (or even a single verse) encourages non-contextual ideas. It is akin to the old adage, “Can’t see the forest for the trees.” All Scripture must be interpreted in the proper context and must be consistent with all of the other verses of the bible.

At any rate, I enjoyed ministering at the New Covenant Church of God in Roseland, LA this morning. Pastor Keith Hawes and the congregation there were kind and receptive and even ignored the fact that I preached for almost an hour (grin). I say “preached” but I don’t know if it was preaching or teaching or a seminar or what. But that was my intention! I wanted to illustrate that the line between teaching and preaching is very difficult to locate.

I framed the message as being instruction on how to do the One Word Bible Study (OWBS). I used Romans 1:1 as the focal point of the instruction (who has EVER preached a sermon from Ro. 1:1???). Then I selected four primary words from the verse (Paul, Jesus, Called & Separated) to use in the study.

Without giving away the “bottom line,” I will just say that the actual message was meant to clarify some commonly held but mistaken concepts of holiness, sanctification and the offices in the church. I really believe that God directed the entire service. Thank you Pastor Hawes for the invitation!

You can view the slide show presentation here:

You can download the slide presentation (with speaker’s notes) and the outlines (PDF) of the entire message. If the audio recording is available, I will also upload that. Check back here in the next week or so to see if it is available.

BTW, the presentation (& my preaching style/technique) was patterned somewhat after the ideas found in the Steve Jobs post here: http://chiefshepherd.com/2010/01/how-to-present-like-apples-steve-jobs/

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31979 ResponsesOne+Word+Bible+Study2010-01-18+00%3A11%3A19Ray+Waldo to “One Word Bible Study”

Ray Waldo on March 13th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it and will check it out soon. I am presently working on a couple of web projects that take almost all of my time. So much so that my wife of 46 years is complaining that I do not spend enough time with her!

Check out http://blcog.com to see what one project looks like. The other is http://btloc.com which is not as far along. However, it will be open to all Christians – not just one denomination.

BTW, why don't you add the seminary to the Church Directory at http://churchloc.com – it is free.

Seminary on March 12th, 2010 at 3:25 pm

I love the idea and the insight. You might want to drop by in the seminary

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How to present like Apple’s Steve Jobs - Chief Shepherd on March 4th, 2010 at 9:47 am

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raywaldo on January 18th, 2010 at 8:25 am

RT @chiefshep: If @stevejobs @louiegiglio & @raywaldo combine 2 make presentation, would this be it? http://bit.ly/5xhlnr Pls RT