2. In the USA (2015), church attenders:
45% read the Bible more than once
a week.
More than 40% read the Bible once
or twice a month.
Almost 20% of churchgoers never
read the Bible.
7. A Basic Bible Study Technique
1. Observe—what happens?
2. Interpret—what does it mean?
3. Apply —what should I do?
[Often called Inductive Bible Study]
44. “Give me one hundred preachers
who fear nothing but sin and
desire nothing but God, and I care
not whether they be clergymen or
laymen, they alone will shake the
gates of Hell and set up the
kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.”
John Wesley
45. Taught up-to-date methods of
agriculture and forestry
He fought for human rights…end
to child sacrifice…end to sati…
medical treatment for lepers
46. He brought the first printing
press to India.
He also established the first
newspaper in Asia…the first
lending libraries in India.
He set up schools for all castes
47. “The goal of Carey and the other
missionaries was to
comprehensively improve the
lives of the Indian people”
48. …Carey had a vision—not just for
the Gospel of salvation, but for
the Gospel of the Kingdom”
51. John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for the
servant does not know what his master is
doing; but I have called you friends, for
all that I have heard from my Father I
have made known to you.