To study the Bible using Homiletics means to break down a passage to learn the specific facts, themes, truths, and applications such that, by the time you finish you could teach it. In this article, I will outline the specific steps to Homiletics, then I will show you how I used them to study Mark 4:35-41.
Read More"... Martin Luther's friend, Philip Melanchthon, copied the book of Romans twice in his own handwriting because he wanted to make it more perfectly his own."
I wanted to make the book of Romans my own as well.
I got out a pretty notebook and starting copying Romans by hand diligently. It took four months of serious post-op recovery to finish, but I did it. And it was everything I had hoped it would be.
Copying by hand forced me to slow down and think about each word, not just each logical point. It let me treasure the truths I loved dearly. I found myself stopping occasionally as a truth stood out in a new way. It brought me to tears a few times as they sunk deep and met me in my new, more vulnerable place.
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