1. Monday-Context

Monday-Context: Conclusion If you have completed the tasks described in the previous articles you are ready to go deeper into the text on Tuesday. You will have accomplished your main objective and reached Monday’s goal: to understand well the various contexts that frame the passage you are studying along with the role that passage plays …

Task 4: Investigate Important Contextual Issues Essence of the Task Having delved somewhat deeper into the passage and its context one may have become aware of some contextual issues that require further investigation. These may be historical, cultural, literary or theological. Identify these issues and study them as necessary to be able to preach the …

Monday-Context Objective:  To place the passage in its historical and literary context. Goal (mile-marker 1):  To have a few paragraphs written that help you explain the contribution the passage makes to the argument of the book as a whole, along with its relationship to the portions that precede and follow it in the text. If …