{"id":245,"date":"2013-02-11T21:16:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonofcarey.wordpress.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2013-02-11T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T19:16:25","slug":"25-questions-to-ask-the-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"25 Questions to Ask the Text"},"content":{"rendered":"

To strengthen my eyes’ ability to see the text, here is a list of 25 questions I am in the habit of asking when I am preparing to preach.<\/p>\n

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  1. Who is speaking?<\/li>\n
  2. To whom is this verse written?<\/li>\n
  3. Is this verse a question, answer, sermon, description, story, etc?<\/li>\n
  4. Where does this passage come in the book? Where does it come in the Bible?<\/li>\n
  5. What ideas are being discussed in the verses just before this verse? Just after this verse?<\/li>\n
  6. How many people are mentioned in the verse?<\/li>\n
  7. What are the adjectives and adverbs?<\/li>\n
  8. Grammatically, what is the subject of the sentences? What is the verb?<\/li>\n
  9. What is the tense of the verbs?<\/li>\n
  10. Are there any negatives? Are they universal or particular negatives?<\/li>\n
  11. Are there any adjectives, adverbs, or other modifiers? What is being modified and how?<\/li>\n
  12. Does this verse start with a conjunction? How is it linked to the previous verses?<\/li>\n
  13. Who is doing the action?<\/li>\n
  14. Is this a common verse and why or why not?<\/li>\n
  15. What does this verse say?<\/li>\n
  16. Does this verse teach any doctrine? If so, which ones?<\/li>\n
  17. Does this verse have any key repeated words?<\/li>\n
  18. Are there any difficult or disputed theological terms or concepts?<\/li>\n
  19. Does this verse list results, consequences, reasons, attributes, or activities?<\/li>\n
  20. Are there any contrasts or comparisons?<\/li>\n
  21. Is this a controversial verse? Why?<\/li>\n
  22. What does this verse teach about man?<\/li>\n
  23. What does this verse teach about God?<\/li>\n
  24. What does this verse teach about salvation?<\/li>\n
  25. What is (are) the main word(s)? Why did the author choose them?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Extended time in observation is a must for an expositor. He must resist the temptation to plunge immediately into commentaries and other study helps. Nothing can replace firsthand observation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    John MacArthur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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