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Experiencing Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study
The discipline of Bible study easily becomes a lost art even among committed Christians. D.L. Moody, one of the most renowned evangelists of all time, wrote a classic book presenting compelling reasons why study of the Bible is essential to the Christian life. He tackles and refutes common objections to the reliability of Scripture, thus encouraging readers to take hold of and get to know this treasure God has given His believers. To help them get started, he offers practical guidance on how to discover and apply the major biblical themes.
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First published January 1, 1898
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Dwight L. Moody
702 books218 followersDwight Lyman Moody was a predominant evangelist, author, and publisher. Raised on a farm in Massachusetts, he moved first to Boston, where he converted to evangelical Christianity in 1856, and then to Chicago, where he prospered in business. He gave up business in 1860 and engaged in missionary work with the YMCA (1861-73).
He founded Moody Church and preached in the slums, emphasizing literal interpretation of the Bible and the need to prepare for the Second Coming. In 1870 he teamed up with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), and they began a series of highly popular revival tours in Britain and the U.S. Moody founded the Northfield School (1879), the Mount Hermon School (1881), and the Chicago Bible Institute (1889; now the Moody Bible Institute).
He founded Moody Church and preached in the slums, emphasizing literal interpretation of the Bible and the need to prepare for the Second Coming. In 1870 he teamed up with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), and they began a series of highly popular revival tours in Britain and the U.S. Moody founded the Northfield School (1879), the Mount Hermon School (1881), and the Chicago Bible Institute (1889; now the Moody Bible Institute).
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November 7, 2014
I had forgotten how simple and profound Moody comes across in his books. What a privilege it would have been to hear him preach in the 1800's!
This book is chocked full of nuggets for the minister and layman alike. And his advice covers an entire gamut of subjects from methods of Bible study to advice for those engaged in winning others to Christ. I really enjoyed this book. Not only did Moody quote from the Word of God often, he also employed use of applicable illustrations to drive home his points.
I also loved the fact that he did not hide his disdain for denominations. Several times throughout the book, he was clear that the way to deal with people was in a gentle, soft manner. In recent years in certain parts of Christendom, there has been strong, harsh leadership...leadership that drives people instead of leads them. Let's learn from a giant of the faith like Moody in this regard.
Here are a few of my favorite excerpts from the book:
"I think I would rather preach about the Word of God than anything else except the Love of God; because I believe it is the best thing in this world."
"If a man is born of God, he can not thrive without God."
"'No scripture,' said Spurgeon, 'is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God’s garden bloom, not only double, but seven-fold: they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance.'"
"Talk about the things you understand, and leave the things you do not."
"Here is a word of counsel for young men who have their eye on the ministry. If you take my advice, you will seek not to be a text preacher, but an expository preacher."
"Give the people the Word of God. Some men only use the Bible as a text book. They get a text and away they go. They go up in a balloon and talk about astronomy, and then go down and give you a little geology, and next Sunday they go on in the same way, and then they wonder why it is people do not read their Bibles."
"It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month."
"This is the test as to your being a true child of God—whether you love and feed upon the Word of God. If you go out to your garden and throw down some sawdust, the birds will not take any notice; but if you throw down some crumbs, you will find they will soon sweep down and pick them up. So the true child of God can tell the difference, so to speak, between sawdust and bread."
"The Scriptures contain our title-deeds to everything we shall be worth when we die. If a will has your name in it, it is no longer a dry document. Why, then, do not Christians take more interest in the Bible?"
This book is chocked full of nuggets for the minister and layman alike. And his advice covers an entire gamut of subjects from methods of Bible study to advice for those engaged in winning others to Christ. I really enjoyed this book. Not only did Moody quote from the Word of God often, he also employed use of applicable illustrations to drive home his points.
I also loved the fact that he did not hide his disdain for denominations. Several times throughout the book, he was clear that the way to deal with people was in a gentle, soft manner. In recent years in certain parts of Christendom, there has been strong, harsh leadership...leadership that drives people instead of leads them. Let's learn from a giant of the faith like Moody in this regard.
Here are a few of my favorite excerpts from the book:
"I think I would rather preach about the Word of God than anything else except the Love of God; because I believe it is the best thing in this world."
"If a man is born of God, he can not thrive without God."
"'No scripture,' said Spurgeon, 'is exhausted by a single explanation. The flowers of God’s garden bloom, not only double, but seven-fold: they are continually pouring forth fresh fragrance.'"
"Talk about the things you understand, and leave the things you do not."
"Here is a word of counsel for young men who have their eye on the ministry. If you take my advice, you will seek not to be a text preacher, but an expository preacher."
"Give the people the Word of God. Some men only use the Bible as a text book. They get a text and away they go. They go up in a balloon and talk about astronomy, and then go down and give you a little geology, and next Sunday they go on in the same way, and then they wonder why it is people do not read their Bibles."
"It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month."
"This is the test as to your being a true child of God—whether you love and feed upon the Word of God. If you go out to your garden and throw down some sawdust, the birds will not take any notice; but if you throw down some crumbs, you will find they will soon sweep down and pick them up. So the true child of God can tell the difference, so to speak, between sawdust and bread."
"The Scriptures contain our title-deeds to everything we shall be worth when we die. If a will has your name in it, it is no longer a dry document. Why, then, do not Christians take more interest in the Bible?"
March 16, 2023
How to Study the Bible was a great read. The book is only around 150 pages, and yet I highlighted SO much in my Kindle copy. It was convicting and inspiring. "Keep in mind there is no situation in life for which you cannot find some word of consolidation in Scripture. "
I loved how it was written in a way that kept me engaged and it was an easy read. I could see myself rereading it someday.
"When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him. I believe we would know how to pray better if we knew our Bibles better."
"I do not think there is a book in the world we neglect so much as the Bible. "
I loved how it was written in a way that kept me engaged and it was an easy read. I could see myself rereading it someday.
"When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him. I believe we would know how to pray better if we knew our Bibles better."
"I do not think there is a book in the world we neglect so much as the Bible. "
July 4, 2021
What a wonderful book that has stood the test of time. First written in 1898, the book focuses on how to pray and how not to cherry pick through the Bible. I really enjoyed this book that discusses facts about the Bible, keeping God in your heart and to study the word of God daily. I highly recommend it to everyone.
October 9, 2019
In this short volume, Dwight Moody lays a solid foundation for why Christians should study the Bible, then walks through several different methods for doing so. Rather than advocating one specific method, he acknowledges that not "every man can fight in Saul's armor" and recommends you keep trying different ways until you find the one that fascinates you.
November 26, 2023
Wow. I am almost always amazed at the insight God gave this self-confessed simple man. Each chapter is a goldmine of helpful, interesting and spiritual blessings.
January 22, 2018
Title: How to Study the Bible
Written By: Dwight L. Moody
Genre: Bible Study Helps/Non-fiction
Recommended Ages: Any
Introduction:
This book was amazing! I highlighted probably about 1/4 of it. It was interesting to note how similar the times were back in the late 1800s and now. So much of what D.L Moody said completely describes today.
Clarity:
Everything was written super clearly and even though it was written over 100 years ago, it was easy to understand.
Usability:
As I mentioned earlier, I highlighted about one-fourth of the book. Which means it was very usable. I am looking forward to putting it into practice in my own Bible reading.
Readability:
Super readable. The formatting for the Kindle version was done very well.
Overall writing quality:
Not a single typo that I found. And I loved the conversational tone of the book. D.L. Moody was not only a good evangelist and preacher in the day, but an excellent writer.
Un-put-down-ability:
It did take me two weeks to read the book, but only because I was too busy to read it all the way through in one sitting.
Conclusion:
I very, very highly recommend this book. If I could give it 20 stars, I would.
Written By: Dwight L. Moody
Genre: Bible Study Helps/Non-fiction
Recommended Ages: Any
Introduction:
This book was amazing! I highlighted probably about 1/4 of it. It was interesting to note how similar the times were back in the late 1800s and now. So much of what D.L Moody said completely describes today.
Clarity:
Everything was written super clearly and even though it was written over 100 years ago, it was easy to understand.
Usability:
As I mentioned earlier, I highlighted about one-fourth of the book. Which means it was very usable. I am looking forward to putting it into practice in my own Bible reading.
Readability:
Super readable. The formatting for the Kindle version was done very well.
Overall writing quality:
Not a single typo that I found. And I loved the conversational tone of the book. D.L. Moody was not only a good evangelist and preacher in the day, but an excellent writer.
Un-put-down-ability:
It did take me two weeks to read the book, but only because I was too busy to read it all the way through in one sitting.
Conclusion:
I very, very highly recommend this book. If I could give it 20 stars, I would.
March 13, 2014
This book certainly inspires and drives you to pick up and read your Bible. The passion and devotion to the word of God is almost tangible. If your struggling to study or need direction this is for you.
February 10, 2021
First sentence of the preface: It is always a pleasure to me to speak on the subject of this volume. I think I would rather preach about the Word of God than anything else except the Love of God; because I believe it is the best thing in this world.
First sentence of chapter one: A QUICKENING that will last must come through the Word of God. A man stood up in one of our meetings and said he hoped for enough out of the series of meetings to last him all his life. I told him he might as well try to eat enough breakfast at one time to last him his lifetime.
I first read this one in 2013. I loved, loved, loved it. Mainly because I love finding wonderful quotes from people who love, love, love reading the Bible just as much--if not more--than I do. It is a very quote-worthy book. It is just GOOD.
Here's one of the helpful lists of how to profit from Bible reading:
1. What persons have I read about, and what have I learned about them?
2. What places have I read about, and what have I read about them? If the place is not mentioned, can I find out where it is? Do I know its position on the map?
3. Does the passage refer to any particular time in the history of the children of Israel, or of some leading character?
4. Can I tell from memory what I have just been reading?
5. Are there any parallel passages or texts that throw light on this passage?
6. Have I read anything about God the Father? or about Jesus Christ? or about the Holy Spirit?
7. What have I read about myself? about man's sinful nature? about the spiritual new nature?
8. Is there any duty for me to observe? any example to follow? any promise to lay hold of? any exhortation for my guidance? any prayer that I may echo?
9. How is this Scripture profitable for doctrine? for reproof? for correction? for instruction in righteousness?
10. Does it contain the gospel in type or in evidence?
11. What is the key verse of the chapter or passage? Can I repeat it from memory?
It is very no-nonsense. Moody gives you tips on how to read and study the Bible. He can be opinionated.
I don't always agree 100% with every little thing he said. But he's good at giving readers things to think about.
There are about sixteen chapters. For whatever reason the copy I read had two chapter sevens.
From chapter one:
The more you love the Scriptures, the firmer will be your faith.
When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him.
I believe we should know better how to pray if we knew our Bibles better.
What is an army good for if they don't know how to use their weapons? What is a young man starting out in the Christian work good for if he does not know how to use his Bible? A man isn't worth much in battle if he has any doubt about his weapon, and I have never found a man who has doubts about the Bible who has amounted to much in Christian work.
Depend upon it, my friends, if you get tired of the Word of God, and it becomes wearisome to you, you are out of communion with Him.
Bear in mind there is no situation in life for which you cannot find some word of consolation in Scripture. If you are in affliction', if you are in adversity and trial, there is a promise for you. In joy and sorrow, in health and in sickness, in poverty and in riches, in every condition of life, God has a promise stored up in His Word for you. In one way or another every case is met, and the truth is commended to every man's conscience.
But if we have the peace of God, the world cannot take that from us. It cannot give it; it cannot destroy it. We must get it from above the world, it is the peace which Christ gives.
Now, the Bible is a guidebook in the journey of life, and the only one that points the way to Heaven.
From chapter two:
It is not our work to make men believe: that is the work of the Holy Spirit.
A man once sat down to read it an hour each evening with his wife. In a few evenings he stopped in the midst of his reading and said: "Wife, if this Book is true, we are wrong." He read on, and before long, stopped again and said: "Wife, if this Book is true, we are lost." Riveted to the Book and deeply anxious, he still read on, and soon exclaimed: "Wife, if this Book is true, we may be saved." It was not many days before they were both converted.
I thank God there is a height in that Book I do not know anything about, a depth I have never been able to fathom, and it makes the Book all the more fascinating. If I could take that Book up and read it as I can any other book and understand it at one reading, I should have lost faith in it years ago. It is one of the strongest proofs that that Book must have come from God.
A man once said to an infidel: "The mysteries of the Bible don't bother me. I read the Bible as I eat fish. When I am eating fish and come across a bone, I don't try to swallow it, I lay it aside. And when I am reading the Bible and come across something I can't understand, I say, 'There is a bone,' and I pass it by. But I don't throw the fish away because of the bones in it; and I don't throw my Bible away because of a few passages I can't explain."
Now, if I have a right to cut out a certain portion of the Bible, I don't know why one of my friends has not a right to cut out another, and another-friend to cut out another part, and so on. You would have a queer kind of Bible if everybody cut out what he wanted to. Every adulterer would cut out everything about adultery; every liar would cut out everything about lying; every drunkard would be cutting out what he didn't like.
Once, a gentleman took his Bible around to his minister's and said, "That is your Bible." "Why do you call it my Bible?" said the minister. "Well," replied the gentleman, "I have been sitting under your preaching for five years, and when you said that a thing in the Bible was not authentic, I cut it out." He had about a third of the Bible cut out; all of Job, all of Ecclesiastes and Revelation, and a good deal besides. The minister wanted him to leave the Bible with him; he didn't want the rest of his congregation to see it. But the man said, " Oh, no! I have the covers left, and I will hold on to them." And off he went holding on to the covers. If you believed what some men preach, you would have nothing but the covers left in a few months.
I have often said that if I am going to throw away the Bible, I will throw it all into the fire at once. There is no need of waiting five years to do what you can do as well at once. I have yet to find a man who begins to pick at the Bible that does not pick it all to pieces in a little while.
From chapter three:
If the Old Testament Scriptures are not true, do you think Christ would have so often referred to them, and said the Scriptures must be fulfilled?
May God deliver us from the one-sided Christian who reads only the New Testament and talks against the Old!
From chapter four:
What we want to-day is men who believe in it from the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet, who believe the whole of it, the things they understand and the things they do not understand. Talk about the things you understand, and leave the things you do not. I believe that is one reason why the English and the Scotch Christians have got ahead of us, because they study the whole Bible.
From chapter six:
Give the people the Word of God. Some men only use the Bible as a text book. They get a text and away they go. They go up in a balloon and talk about astronomy, and then go down and give you a little geology, and next Sunday they go on in the same way, and then they wonder why it is people do not read their Bibles.
From chapter seven:
MERELY reading the Bible is not what God wants. There is not a verse in Scripture where I am told to " read " the Bible, but again and again I am exhorted to " search."
Read the Bible, my friends, as if you were seeking for something of value. It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month.
I do not think there is a book in the world we neglect so much as the Bible.
From chapter eight:
SOMEONE has said that there are four things necessary in studying the Bible: Admit, submit, commit and transmit. First, admit its truth; second, submit to its teachings; third, commit it to memory; and fourth, transmit it. If the Christian life is a good thing for you, pass it on to some one else.
The quicker you learn to feed yourself the better. I pity down deep in my heart any men or women who have been attending some church or chapel for, say five, ten, or twenty years, and yet have not learned to feed themselves.
Many so-called Christians are living on the world's sawdust, instead of being nourished by the Bread that cometh down from heaven. Nothing can satisfy the longings of the soul but the Word of the living God.
Read the Bible itself—do not spend all your time on commentaries and helps. If a man spent all his time reading up the chemical constituents of bread and milk, he would soon starve.
There are three books which I think every Christian ought to possess. The first, of course, is the Bible. I believe in getting a good Bible, with a good plain print. I have not much love for those little Bibles which you have to hold right under your nose in order to read the print; and if the church happens to be a little dark, you cannot see the print, but it becomes a mere jumble of words. Yes, but some one will say you cannot carry a big Bible in your pocket. Very well, then, carry it under your arm; and if you have to walk five miles, you will just be preaching a sermon five miles long. I have known a man convicted by seeing another carrying his Bible under his arm. If you get a good Bible you are likely to take better care of it. Suppose you pay ten dollars for a good Bible, the older you grow the more precious it will become to you. But be sure you do not get one so good that you will be afraid to mark it. I don't like gilt-edged Bibles that look as if they had never been used. Then next I would advise you to get a Cruden's Concordance. I was a Christian about five years before I ever heard of it. A skeptic in Boston got held of me. I didn't know anything about the Bible and I tried to defend the Bible and Christianity. He made a misquotation and I said it wasn't in the Bible. I hunted for days and days. If I had had a concordance I could have found it at once. It is a good thing for ministers once in a while to tell the people about a good book. You can find any portion or any verse in the Bible by just turning to this concordance. Thirdly, a Topical Text Book. These books will help you to study the Word of God with profit.
From chapter nine:
THERE are two opposite ways to study the Bible. One is to study it with a telescope, taking a grand sweep of a whole book and trying to find out God's plan in it; the other, with a microscope, taking up a verse at a time, dissecting it, analyzing it.
From chapter ten:
I KNOW some men who never sit down to read a book until they have time to read the whole of it. When they come to Leviticus or Numbers, or any of the other books, they read it right through at one sitting. They get the whole sweep, and then they begin to study it chapter by chapter. It is a good thing to take one whole book at a time.
How could you expect to understand a story or a scientific text-book if you read one chapter here and another there?
From chapter twelve:
I FIND some people now and then who boast that they have read the Bible through in so many months. Others read the Bible chapter by chapter,and get through it in a year; but I think it would be almost better to spend a year over one book. If I were going into a court of justice, and wanted to carry the jury with me, I should get every witness I could to testify to the one point on which I wanted to convince the jury. I would not get them to testify to everything, but just to that one thing. And so it should be with the Scriptures.
From chapter fourteen:
An old writer said that some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested. The Bible is one that you can never exhaust. It is like a bottomless well: you can always find fresh truths gushing forth from its pages. Hence the great fascination of constant and earnest Bible study. Hence also the necessity of marking your Bible. Unless you have an uncommon memory, you cannot retain the good things you hear. If you trust to your ear alone, they will escape you in a day or two; but if you mark your Bible and enlist the aid of your eye, you will never lose them. The same applies to what you read.
Bible marking should be made the servant of the memory. If properly done, it sharpens the memory, rather than blunts it, because it gives prominence to certain things that catch the eye, which by constant reading you get to learn off by heart.
It helps you to locate texts.
It saves you the trouble of writing out notes of your addresses. Once in the margin, always ready.
Get full of Scripture and then you can't help but say it. It says itself. Keep the world out of your heart by getting full of something else.
Mark your Bible, and instead of its being dry and uninteresting, it will become a beautiful book to you. What you see makes a more lasting impression on your memory than what you hear.
Do not buy a Bible that you are unwilling to mark and use.
From the last chapter:
1. Have for constant use a portable reference Bible, a Cruden's Concordance, and a Topical Text Book.
2. Always carry a Bible or Testament in your pocket, and do not be ashamed of people seeing you read it on trains, etc.
3. Do not be afraid of marking it, or of making marginal notes. Mark texts that contain promises, exhortations, warnings to sinners and to Christians, gospel invitations to the unconverted, and so on.
4. Set apart at least fifteen minutes a day for study and meditation. This little will have great results and will never be regretted.
5. Prepare your heart to know the law of the Lord, and to do it. Ezra 7:10.
6. Always ask God to open the eyes of your understanding that you may see the truth; and expect that He will answer your prayer.
7 Cast every burden of doubt upon the Lord. "He will never suffer the righteous to be moved." Do not be afraid to look for a reason for the hope that is in you.
8. Believe in the Bible as God's revelation to you, and act accordingly. Do not reject any portion because it contains the supernatural, or because you can not understand it. Reverence all Scripture. Remember God's own estimate of it: "Thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name."
9. Learn at least one verse of Scripture each day. Verses committed to memory will be wonderfully useful in your daily life and walk. "Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee." Some Christians can quote Shakesp
First sentence of chapter one: A QUICKENING that will last must come through the Word of God. A man stood up in one of our meetings and said he hoped for enough out of the series of meetings to last him all his life. I told him he might as well try to eat enough breakfast at one time to last him his lifetime.
I first read this one in 2013. I loved, loved, loved it. Mainly because I love finding wonderful quotes from people who love, love, love reading the Bible just as much--if not more--than I do. It is a very quote-worthy book. It is just GOOD.
Here's one of the helpful lists of how to profit from Bible reading:
1. What persons have I read about, and what have I learned about them?
2. What places have I read about, and what have I read about them? If the place is not mentioned, can I find out where it is? Do I know its position on the map?
3. Does the passage refer to any particular time in the history of the children of Israel, or of some leading character?
4. Can I tell from memory what I have just been reading?
5. Are there any parallel passages or texts that throw light on this passage?
6. Have I read anything about God the Father? or about Jesus Christ? or about the Holy Spirit?
7. What have I read about myself? about man's sinful nature? about the spiritual new nature?
8. Is there any duty for me to observe? any example to follow? any promise to lay hold of? any exhortation for my guidance? any prayer that I may echo?
9. How is this Scripture profitable for doctrine? for reproof? for correction? for instruction in righteousness?
10. Does it contain the gospel in type or in evidence?
11. What is the key verse of the chapter or passage? Can I repeat it from memory?
It is very no-nonsense. Moody gives you tips on how to read and study the Bible. He can be opinionated.
I don't always agree 100% with every little thing he said. But he's good at giving readers things to think about.
There are about sixteen chapters. For whatever reason the copy I read had two chapter sevens.
From chapter one:
The more you love the Scriptures, the firmer will be your faith.
When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him.
I believe we should know better how to pray if we knew our Bibles better.
What is an army good for if they don't know how to use their weapons? What is a young man starting out in the Christian work good for if he does not know how to use his Bible? A man isn't worth much in battle if he has any doubt about his weapon, and I have never found a man who has doubts about the Bible who has amounted to much in Christian work.
Depend upon it, my friends, if you get tired of the Word of God, and it becomes wearisome to you, you are out of communion with Him.
Bear in mind there is no situation in life for which you cannot find some word of consolation in Scripture. If you are in affliction', if you are in adversity and trial, there is a promise for you. In joy and sorrow, in health and in sickness, in poverty and in riches, in every condition of life, God has a promise stored up in His Word for you. In one way or another every case is met, and the truth is commended to every man's conscience.
But if we have the peace of God, the world cannot take that from us. It cannot give it; it cannot destroy it. We must get it from above the world, it is the peace which Christ gives.
Now, the Bible is a guidebook in the journey of life, and the only one that points the way to Heaven.
From chapter two:
It is not our work to make men believe: that is the work of the Holy Spirit.
A man once sat down to read it an hour each evening with his wife. In a few evenings he stopped in the midst of his reading and said: "Wife, if this Book is true, we are wrong." He read on, and before long, stopped again and said: "Wife, if this Book is true, we are lost." Riveted to the Book and deeply anxious, he still read on, and soon exclaimed: "Wife, if this Book is true, we may be saved." It was not many days before they were both converted.
I thank God there is a height in that Book I do not know anything about, a depth I have never been able to fathom, and it makes the Book all the more fascinating. If I could take that Book up and read it as I can any other book and understand it at one reading, I should have lost faith in it years ago. It is one of the strongest proofs that that Book must have come from God.
A man once said to an infidel: "The mysteries of the Bible don't bother me. I read the Bible as I eat fish. When I am eating fish and come across a bone, I don't try to swallow it, I lay it aside. And when I am reading the Bible and come across something I can't understand, I say, 'There is a bone,' and I pass it by. But I don't throw the fish away because of the bones in it; and I don't throw my Bible away because of a few passages I can't explain."
Now, if I have a right to cut out a certain portion of the Bible, I don't know why one of my friends has not a right to cut out another, and another-friend to cut out another part, and so on. You would have a queer kind of Bible if everybody cut out what he wanted to. Every adulterer would cut out everything about adultery; every liar would cut out everything about lying; every drunkard would be cutting out what he didn't like.
Once, a gentleman took his Bible around to his minister's and said, "That is your Bible." "Why do you call it my Bible?" said the minister. "Well," replied the gentleman, "I have been sitting under your preaching for five years, and when you said that a thing in the Bible was not authentic, I cut it out." He had about a third of the Bible cut out; all of Job, all of Ecclesiastes and Revelation, and a good deal besides. The minister wanted him to leave the Bible with him; he didn't want the rest of his congregation to see it. But the man said, " Oh, no! I have the covers left, and I will hold on to them." And off he went holding on to the covers. If you believed what some men preach, you would have nothing but the covers left in a few months.
I have often said that if I am going to throw away the Bible, I will throw it all into the fire at once. There is no need of waiting five years to do what you can do as well at once. I have yet to find a man who begins to pick at the Bible that does not pick it all to pieces in a little while.
From chapter three:
If the Old Testament Scriptures are not true, do you think Christ would have so often referred to them, and said the Scriptures must be fulfilled?
May God deliver us from the one-sided Christian who reads only the New Testament and talks against the Old!
From chapter four:
What we want to-day is men who believe in it from the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet, who believe the whole of it, the things they understand and the things they do not understand. Talk about the things you understand, and leave the things you do not. I believe that is one reason why the English and the Scotch Christians have got ahead of us, because they study the whole Bible.
From chapter six:
Give the people the Word of God. Some men only use the Bible as a text book. They get a text and away they go. They go up in a balloon and talk about astronomy, and then go down and give you a little geology, and next Sunday they go on in the same way, and then they wonder why it is people do not read their Bibles.
From chapter seven:
MERELY reading the Bible is not what God wants. There is not a verse in Scripture where I am told to " read " the Bible, but again and again I am exhorted to " search."
Read the Bible, my friends, as if you were seeking for something of value. It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month.
I do not think there is a book in the world we neglect so much as the Bible.
From chapter eight:
SOMEONE has said that there are four things necessary in studying the Bible: Admit, submit, commit and transmit. First, admit its truth; second, submit to its teachings; third, commit it to memory; and fourth, transmit it. If the Christian life is a good thing for you, pass it on to some one else.
The quicker you learn to feed yourself the better. I pity down deep in my heart any men or women who have been attending some church or chapel for, say five, ten, or twenty years, and yet have not learned to feed themselves.
Many so-called Christians are living on the world's sawdust, instead of being nourished by the Bread that cometh down from heaven. Nothing can satisfy the longings of the soul but the Word of the living God.
Read the Bible itself—do not spend all your time on commentaries and helps. If a man spent all his time reading up the chemical constituents of bread and milk, he would soon starve.
There are three books which I think every Christian ought to possess. The first, of course, is the Bible. I believe in getting a good Bible, with a good plain print. I have not much love for those little Bibles which you have to hold right under your nose in order to read the print; and if the church happens to be a little dark, you cannot see the print, but it becomes a mere jumble of words. Yes, but some one will say you cannot carry a big Bible in your pocket. Very well, then, carry it under your arm; and if you have to walk five miles, you will just be preaching a sermon five miles long. I have known a man convicted by seeing another carrying his Bible under his arm. If you get a good Bible you are likely to take better care of it. Suppose you pay ten dollars for a good Bible, the older you grow the more precious it will become to you. But be sure you do not get one so good that you will be afraid to mark it. I don't like gilt-edged Bibles that look as if they had never been used. Then next I would advise you to get a Cruden's Concordance. I was a Christian about five years before I ever heard of it. A skeptic in Boston got held of me. I didn't know anything about the Bible and I tried to defend the Bible and Christianity. He made a misquotation and I said it wasn't in the Bible. I hunted for days and days. If I had had a concordance I could have found it at once. It is a good thing for ministers once in a while to tell the people about a good book. You can find any portion or any verse in the Bible by just turning to this concordance. Thirdly, a Topical Text Book. These books will help you to study the Word of God with profit.
From chapter nine:
THERE are two opposite ways to study the Bible. One is to study it with a telescope, taking a grand sweep of a whole book and trying to find out God's plan in it; the other, with a microscope, taking up a verse at a time, dissecting it, analyzing it.
From chapter ten:
I KNOW some men who never sit down to read a book until they have time to read the whole of it. When they come to Leviticus or Numbers, or any of the other books, they read it right through at one sitting. They get the whole sweep, and then they begin to study it chapter by chapter. It is a good thing to take one whole book at a time.
How could you expect to understand a story or a scientific text-book if you read one chapter here and another there?
From chapter twelve:
I FIND some people now and then who boast that they have read the Bible through in so many months. Others read the Bible chapter by chapter,and get through it in a year; but I think it would be almost better to spend a year over one book. If I were going into a court of justice, and wanted to carry the jury with me, I should get every witness I could to testify to the one point on which I wanted to convince the jury. I would not get them to testify to everything, but just to that one thing. And so it should be with the Scriptures.
From chapter fourteen:
An old writer said that some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested. The Bible is one that you can never exhaust. It is like a bottomless well: you can always find fresh truths gushing forth from its pages. Hence the great fascination of constant and earnest Bible study. Hence also the necessity of marking your Bible. Unless you have an uncommon memory, you cannot retain the good things you hear. If you trust to your ear alone, they will escape you in a day or two; but if you mark your Bible and enlist the aid of your eye, you will never lose them. The same applies to what you read.
Bible marking should be made the servant of the memory. If properly done, it sharpens the memory, rather than blunts it, because it gives prominence to certain things that catch the eye, which by constant reading you get to learn off by heart.
It helps you to locate texts.
It saves you the trouble of writing out notes of your addresses. Once in the margin, always ready.
Get full of Scripture and then you can't help but say it. It says itself. Keep the world out of your heart by getting full of something else.
Mark your Bible, and instead of its being dry and uninteresting, it will become a beautiful book to you. What you see makes a more lasting impression on your memory than what you hear.
Do not buy a Bible that you are unwilling to mark and use.
From the last chapter:
1. Have for constant use a portable reference Bible, a Cruden's Concordance, and a Topical Text Book.
2. Always carry a Bible or Testament in your pocket, and do not be ashamed of people seeing you read it on trains, etc.
3. Do not be afraid of marking it, or of making marginal notes. Mark texts that contain promises, exhortations, warnings to sinners and to Christians, gospel invitations to the unconverted, and so on.
4. Set apart at least fifteen minutes a day for study and meditation. This little will have great results and will never be regretted.
5. Prepare your heart to know the law of the Lord, and to do it. Ezra 7:10.
6. Always ask God to open the eyes of your understanding that you may see the truth; and expect that He will answer your prayer.
7 Cast every burden of doubt upon the Lord. "He will never suffer the righteous to be moved." Do not be afraid to look for a reason for the hope that is in you.
8. Believe in the Bible as God's revelation to you, and act accordingly. Do not reject any portion because it contains the supernatural, or because you can not understand it. Reverence all Scripture. Remember God's own estimate of it: "Thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy Name."
9. Learn at least one verse of Scripture each day. Verses committed to memory will be wonderfully useful in your daily life and walk. "Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee." Some Christians can quote Shakesp
September 21, 2025
This book has aged exceptionally well. It has solid well rounded advice that anyone at any level of faith can use. It covers many well-known methods of studying the scripture, then gives practical examples. After being in church, most of my life. I wish I would’ve understood these things much earlier. Definitely worth reading.
March 14, 2018
Must read
Wonderful, I was surprised how it still was "with the times" considering when it was originally written. A definite must read for anyone wanting to study the Bible on their own
Wonderful, I was surprised how it still was "with the times" considering when it was originally written. A definite must read for anyone wanting to study the Bible on their own
July 22, 2020
The whole book is good! Chapter 10 to the end is awesome!! I gained some great insights.
June 19, 2017
[Note: This book was provided free of charge by Aneko Press. All thoughts and opinions are my own.]
One should not think that a bluntly titled book like this one, part of the Aneko Press Christian Classic series [1], would offer the reader any ambiguity about what its title meant. When I saw the title of this book, my first thought is that the author, a noted theologian, would provide some sort of practical insight on Bible study, and there was some of that. What there was a great deal more of, though, was discussion of the mindset that people should have towards the Bible when it comes to study. If not precisely as practical in the narrow sense, this discussion was immensely useful in setting a context for a lifetime of Bible study to which the practical elements included later on would fit. In stark contrast to many contemporary books on Bible Study, the author does not assume a great deal of knowledge concerning the Bible on the part of the student of the Bible. First he seeks to convince the reader of the worthwhile nature of bible study and then he gives advice on how it can profitably be done, making this a book of enduring worth.
Eighteen chapters fill the approximately 150 pages about this book. Included in the book are strong defenses of the necessity of Bible Study for a true life as well as the truth of the Bible. The author encourages attention to the often-neglected Old Testament and defends the accuracy of scripture against critics, encouraging the reader to take the time necessary to know the whole Bible well. Among the more practical aspects of Bible study the author discusses are the telescope and microscope approaches, one of them looking at the larger structure of the books and chapters of the Bible, a top-down approach, and the other a bottom-up approach of looking in depth at different biblical verses and passages and how they connect with others. The author spends some time talking about the importance of biblical typology and developing trust in God's word. This is followed by some discussion of the worth of marking a Bible in order to place a context around verses that serve as a memory aid to larger discussions. Towards the end of the book the author encourages believers to engage in personal work for God and summarizes his suggestions on Bible study for the reader.
A great deal of this book can be better understood when one realizes that the original title of the book was Pleasure & Profit In Bible Study. That title makes a great deal of sense given the book's contents. The author encourages the reader to cultivate the time to read and study the Bible enough to develop a love for it. In our age of busy lives and easily distracted people, this book is a useful reminder that there has long been a struggle to devote the proper amount of time to prayer and Bible study and that this is by no means a new problem as we might otherwise be led to believe by our own chronological snobbery. It is admirable that the writer maintains his zeal for the Bible and a justice to its contents while also showing a great deal of thoughtful concern for the reader. This book shows no pandering to the reader and to his (or her) prejudices, but neither is this book a harsh and unkind one. On the contrary, the book shows a balance between a high degree of honor towards God as well as a high degree of respect for the reader, a habit many contemporary readers would do well to imitate.
[1] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
One should not think that a bluntly titled book like this one, part of the Aneko Press Christian Classic series [1], would offer the reader any ambiguity about what its title meant. When I saw the title of this book, my first thought is that the author, a noted theologian, would provide some sort of practical insight on Bible study, and there was some of that. What there was a great deal more of, though, was discussion of the mindset that people should have towards the Bible when it comes to study. If not precisely as practical in the narrow sense, this discussion was immensely useful in setting a context for a lifetime of Bible study to which the practical elements included later on would fit. In stark contrast to many contemporary books on Bible Study, the author does not assume a great deal of knowledge concerning the Bible on the part of the student of the Bible. First he seeks to convince the reader of the worthwhile nature of bible study and then he gives advice on how it can profitably be done, making this a book of enduring worth.
Eighteen chapters fill the approximately 150 pages about this book. Included in the book are strong defenses of the necessity of Bible Study for a true life as well as the truth of the Bible. The author encourages attention to the often-neglected Old Testament and defends the accuracy of scripture against critics, encouraging the reader to take the time necessary to know the whole Bible well. Among the more practical aspects of Bible study the author discusses are the telescope and microscope approaches, one of them looking at the larger structure of the books and chapters of the Bible, a top-down approach, and the other a bottom-up approach of looking in depth at different biblical verses and passages and how they connect with others. The author spends some time talking about the importance of biblical typology and developing trust in God's word. This is followed by some discussion of the worth of marking a Bible in order to place a context around verses that serve as a memory aid to larger discussions. Towards the end of the book the author encourages believers to engage in personal work for God and summarizes his suggestions on Bible study for the reader.
A great deal of this book can be better understood when one realizes that the original title of the book was Pleasure & Profit In Bible Study. That title makes a great deal of sense given the book's contents. The author encourages the reader to cultivate the time to read and study the Bible enough to develop a love for it. In our age of busy lives and easily distracted people, this book is a useful reminder that there has long been a struggle to devote the proper amount of time to prayer and Bible study and that this is by no means a new problem as we might otherwise be led to believe by our own chronological snobbery. It is admirable that the writer maintains his zeal for the Bible and a justice to its contents while also showing a great deal of thoughtful concern for the reader. This book shows no pandering to the reader and to his (or her) prejudices, but neither is this book a harsh and unkind one. On the contrary, the book shows a balance between a high degree of honor towards God as well as a high degree of respect for the reader, a habit many contemporary readers would do well to imitate.
[1] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2017...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
July 11, 2017
“They had heard the minister say that no once could know whether they were saved or not, and they believed what the minister said instead of what the Word of God said. Others read the Bible to make it fit in and prove their favorite creed or notions, and if it does not do so, they will read not read it anymore. It has been well said that we must not read the Bible by the blue light of Presbyterianism, nor by the red light of Methodism, nor the violet light of Episcopalianism, but by the light of the Spirit of God” (Moody, page 114).
How to Study the Bible by Dwight L. Moody contains 18 chapters of standard Moody descriptions and feeling, complete with his stories surrounding the many colorful people he interacts among. The first nine chapters detail why he believes Christians should study the Bible. Chapters ten to seventeen read like a Bible college survey course on how to study the Scriptures. Moody uses many sermon outline analogies, making this text most useful for the preacher in training, especially if the student preacher is giving the Bible a constitutional reading of his Scriptures. By constitutional reading I mean a student of Scripture who renders the interpretation of Scripture as he reads a legal document: analyzing and constructing what each word in the English means and tying the major points of the Bible together. Moody also suggests symbolism and numerology in his studying techniques in Scripture. He leaves his reader with the encouragement to study the Bible in order to do the personal work of leading others to Christ.
The final chapter of this work is a bulleted summary of suggestions in future Bible study.
How to Study the Bible by Dwight L. Moody contains 18 chapters of standard Moody descriptions and feeling, complete with his stories surrounding the many colorful people he interacts among. The first nine chapters detail why he believes Christians should study the Bible. Chapters ten to seventeen read like a Bible college survey course on how to study the Scriptures. Moody uses many sermon outline analogies, making this text most useful for the preacher in training, especially if the student preacher is giving the Bible a constitutional reading of his Scriptures. By constitutional reading I mean a student of Scripture who renders the interpretation of Scripture as he reads a legal document: analyzing and constructing what each word in the English means and tying the major points of the Bible together. Moody also suggests symbolism and numerology in his studying techniques in Scripture. He leaves his reader with the encouragement to study the Bible in order to do the personal work of leading others to Christ.
The final chapter of this work is a bulleted summary of suggestions in future Bible study.
April 22, 2025
“How to Study the Bible” by Dwight L. Moody is a practical guide intended to help readers engage deeply with the Scriptures. Moody, a prominent evangelist and teacher in the late 19th century, emphasizes the importance of personal Bible study and the transformative power of Scripture.
Here are some key points from the book:
1. Approach to Scripture: Moody encourages readers to approach the Bible with an open heart and mind, emphasizing prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit for understanding.
2. Study Methods: He outlines various methods for studying the Bible, including reading it systematically, memorization of verses, and using concordances and topical studies to explore themes and doctrines.
3. Application: Moody stresses the need for application of biblical teachings to daily life, arguing that understanding the Bible is incomplete without transforming one's character and actions based on its teachings.
4. Importance of Context: He highlights the significance of understanding the cultural and historical context of biblical texts to gain a deeper insight into their meaning.
5. Life-Changing Impact: The book conveys Moody’s passion for the Bible and its ability to influence lives dramatically. He shares personal anecdotes to illustrate how truth from Scripture can lead to spiritual growth and service.
Overall, “How to Study the Bible” serves as both a manual for effective study and an inspirational work that promotes a heartfelt, committed approach to engaging with Scripture. It remains a valuable resource for individuals looking to deepen their understanding of the Christian faith through Bible study.
Here are some key points from the book:
1. Approach to Scripture: Moody encourages readers to approach the Bible with an open heart and mind, emphasizing prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit for understanding.
2. Study Methods: He outlines various methods for studying the Bible, including reading it systematically, memorization of verses, and using concordances and topical studies to explore themes and doctrines.
3. Application: Moody stresses the need for application of biblical teachings to daily life, arguing that understanding the Bible is incomplete without transforming one's character and actions based on its teachings.
4. Importance of Context: He highlights the significance of understanding the cultural and historical context of biblical texts to gain a deeper insight into their meaning.
5. Life-Changing Impact: The book conveys Moody’s passion for the Bible and its ability to influence lives dramatically. He shares personal anecdotes to illustrate how truth from Scripture can lead to spiritual growth and service.
Overall, “How to Study the Bible” serves as both a manual for effective study and an inspirational work that promotes a heartfelt, committed approach to engaging with Scripture. It remains a valuable resource for individuals looking to deepen their understanding of the Christian faith through Bible study.
February 19, 2025
Title: How to Study the Bible
Author: Dwight L.Moody
Publisher: Aneko Press
Published: 2017
Format: Audio Book
Length: 3h 55min
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Stars:⭐⭐⭐(3)
Read and Review: 2025
How to Study the Bible by Dwight L. Moody is pretty accessible and straightforward guide to help you get more out of the Bible.
Moody emphasizes that studying the Bible is a lifelong journey. Rather than rushing through a set amount each day,, one should take time to absorb and reflect on its teachings,digest it bit by bit.
Moody also teaches that you should break the habit of relying solely on sermons or a pastor’s teaching to be spiritually fulfilled. Instead, you should learn to nourish yourself through the Bible.
There are many great tips for improving Bible reading and study, and these principles apply not only to Bible but to learning in general.
The book contained many passages from the Bible, but I feel I should have been more familiar with them beforehand to better understand the author's references.
Author: Dwight L.Moody
Publisher: Aneko Press
Published: 2017
Format: Audio Book
Length: 3h 55min
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Stars:⭐⭐⭐(3)
Read and Review: 2025
How to Study the Bible by Dwight L. Moody is pretty accessible and straightforward guide to help you get more out of the Bible.
Moody emphasizes that studying the Bible is a lifelong journey. Rather than rushing through a set amount each day,, one should take time to absorb and reflect on its teachings,digest it bit by bit.
Moody also teaches that you should break the habit of relying solely on sermons or a pastor’s teaching to be spiritually fulfilled. Instead, you should learn to nourish yourself through the Bible.
There are many great tips for improving Bible reading and study, and these principles apply not only to Bible but to learning in general.
The book contained many passages from the Bible, but I feel I should have been more familiar with them beforehand to better understand the author's references.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 6, 2021
Beautifully written in a conversational tone. Moody reflects on the need for Bible study, as well various methods of Bible study (word studies, types of Christ, studying themes in a book, etc.). He also talks about best practices in preaching, Sunday School, and evangelistic ministry. The book is clearly dated but also largely applicable to contemporary American Christianity. One thing I particularly liked was his creative use of examples and short stories, some humorous or ironic. One example is that he said that many consider the Bible outdated - but no one considers the sun outdated in favor of electric lights! Some things are ancient but still necessary. I would recommend this book to anyone.
March 27, 2019
I won’t say this book is “full of” helpful hints about Bible studying, but it certainly contains a fair number. More importantly, Moody takes time to answer underlying questions about the importance of studying the Bible.
The comments he makes about marking your Bible come across as a bit dated in an age of Study Bibles where far more advanced theologians have already done much of what he encourages the reader to do.
Chapter 17 contains the most practical advise and chapter 18 contains the summary of his advice, but I would encourage a reader to attempt the whole book anyway for the preparation and pastoral care that Moody puts into the earlier chapters.
The comments he makes about marking your Bible come across as a bit dated in an age of Study Bibles where far more advanced theologians have already done much of what he encourages the reader to do.
Chapter 17 contains the most practical advise and chapter 18 contains the summary of his advice, but I would encourage a reader to attempt the whole book anyway for the preparation and pastoral care that Moody puts into the earlier chapters.
December 31, 2022
Whatever is your experience of Bible study, this book will have at least SOME new ideas for you. And some inspiration, too.
"Depend upon it, my friends, that if you get tired of the Word of God and it becomes boring to you, you are out of communion with Him."
"Always be prepared to do personal work: ..
Be useful in these ways...
Be ready with a promise for dying.
Be ready with an encouragement for downhearted.
Be ready with an advice for the anxious."
The author encourages that, if one Bible method doesn't interest you, you should go to next (and that doesn't mean next Bible study self-help book, but real studying (and he suggests and gives examples of many methods on how to do just that)).
"Depend upon it, my friends, that if you get tired of the Word of God and it becomes boring to you, you are out of communion with Him."
"Always be prepared to do personal work: ..
Be useful in these ways...
Be ready with a promise for dying.
Be ready with an encouragement for downhearted.
Be ready with an advice for the anxious."
The author encourages that, if one Bible method doesn't interest you, you should go to next (and that doesn't mean next Bible study self-help book, but real studying (and he suggests and gives examples of many methods on how to do just that)).
July 17, 2020
Dropping Gems with Gems.
This book has really helped me in the preparation of starting my bible reading journey. Very eye opening points throughout this book all being backed by scripture. I originally purchased this book because I knew I’ve always wanted to read the bible but never knew how or where to start. I believe God led me to this book because now I know exactly how I want to approach this journey and I’m excited and unashamed to do so. I highly recommend this book to those who need inspiration and/or motivation to get acquainted with The Word.
This book has really helped me in the preparation of starting my bible reading journey. Very eye opening points throughout this book all being backed by scripture. I originally purchased this book because I knew I’ve always wanted to read the bible but never knew how or where to start. I believe God led me to this book because now I know exactly how I want to approach this journey and I’m excited and unashamed to do so. I highly recommend this book to those who need inspiration and/or motivation to get acquainted with The Word.
October 19, 2020
Hadn’t read Moody before.
It doesn’t really read like a step by step “how to”manual but it gives a glimpse of how Moody regarded the Holy Scriptures and how you might approach them... in a fairly general way. That isn’t to say it isn’t worth a read! On the contrary there are many many valuable insights on approaching the word. I found the writing style highly readable and plain...but somehow subtle. It isn’t CS Lewis in it profundity or elegance of writing but it is a tremendously valuable read. Hope to read more Moody in the future.
It doesn’t really read like a step by step “how to”manual but it gives a glimpse of how Moody regarded the Holy Scriptures and how you might approach them... in a fairly general way. That isn’t to say it isn’t worth a read! On the contrary there are many many valuable insights on approaching the word. I found the writing style highly readable and plain...but somehow subtle. It isn’t CS Lewis in it profundity or elegance of writing but it is a tremendously valuable read. Hope to read more Moody in the future.
February 15, 2023
impactful
D.L. Moody impacted his generation for our LORD JESUS CHRIST and not just in the USA, but worldwide. The reason he did, was he knew the LORD and GOD of the HOLY SCRIPTURES! The true church of CHRIST has been weakened today because Christians don’t know the HOLY SCRIPTURES, therefore causing them to be weaklings. They’ve forgotten the words of the LORD JESUS CHRIST from Matthew 28:18-20 to go into ALL the world and make disciples. You can’t do that without applying GOD’s WORD to your life!!
D.L. Moody impacted his generation for our LORD JESUS CHRIST and not just in the USA, but worldwide. The reason he did, was he knew the LORD and GOD of the HOLY SCRIPTURES! The true church of CHRIST has been weakened today because Christians don’t know the HOLY SCRIPTURES, therefore causing them to be weaklings. They’ve forgotten the words of the LORD JESUS CHRIST from Matthew 28:18-20 to go into ALL the world and make disciples. You can’t do that without applying GOD’s WORD to your life!!
March 12, 2023
Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study ~ D. L. Moody
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
Anything written by D. L. Moody is worth reading and I can't think of anything better than profiting from the way Mr Moody studied his bible.
This book has 15 chapters of different methods and encouragement's for spending time in bible study.
A lot of this book is Mr Moody's findings on his own studies and the range of different types of studies he used, such as topical, word or books. One thing I will take away from this book is that I would like to study the bible more and so from that point of view this book was great 👍
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
Anything written by D. L. Moody is worth reading and I can't think of anything better than profiting from the way Mr Moody studied his bible.
This book has 15 chapters of different methods and encouragement's for spending time in bible study.
A lot of this book is Mr Moody's findings on his own studies and the range of different types of studies he used, such as topical, word or books. One thing I will take away from this book is that I would like to study the bible more and so from that point of view this book was great 👍
July 30, 2020
My Most Precious Inexhaustible Book
If we truly feed on the Word of God, it will be easy to speak to others about God's Word, Jesus. "Not only that, but we will also be growing in grace the entire time & others will notice the change in our walk & conversation. So few Christians grow, because so few study."
This little book renewed my enthusiasm of ONE WORD studies which give an easy method of memory in locating topics.
If we truly feed on the Word of God, it will be easy to speak to others about God's Word, Jesus. "Not only that, but we will also be growing in grace the entire time & others will notice the change in our walk & conversation. So few Christians grow, because so few study."
This little book renewed my enthusiasm of ONE WORD studies which give an easy method of memory in locating topics.
October 14, 2022
Useful
This book was better than I expected. It's quaint in places, obviously dated in its resource suggestions, and at times disjointed. Having said that, Moody was clearly a man who loved God's word, and some of the illustrations and anecdotes are fantastic. Not something I'd hand out to a new believer, there are better and more recent books. But a fun and easy read to prod you toward a deeper commitment to God's word.
This book was better than I expected. It's quaint in places, obviously dated in its resource suggestions, and at times disjointed. Having said that, Moody was clearly a man who loved God's word, and some of the illustrations and anecdotes are fantastic. Not something I'd hand out to a new believer, there are better and more recent books. But a fun and easy read to prod you toward a deeper commitment to God's word.
August 10, 2024
An eye opener
This little book has taught me more about studying the Bible than any bible class, teacher or pastor put together. I would recommend it to all believers ,new converts, Sunday school teachers and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the Bible. This book should be as essential part of bible study classes. It changed my whole prospective on the ways in I have studied the bible.
Awesome reading.
This little book has taught me more about studying the Bible than any bible class, teacher or pastor put together. I would recommend it to all believers ,new converts, Sunday school teachers and anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the Bible. This book should be as essential part of bible study classes. It changed my whole prospective on the ways in I have studied the bible.
Awesome reading.
December 11, 2017
Delight Yourself in Word of the Lord
Dr. DL Moody presents how to study with how to be captivated by God's incredible gift to all humanity. The Bible.... It was a wonderful read. So many though providing visualizations and suggestions calls for a secondary read and a third read. I would encourage all of you to download a free copy from Amazon.
Dr. DL Moody presents how to study with how to be captivated by God's incredible gift to all humanity. The Bible.... It was a wonderful read. So many though providing visualizations and suggestions calls for a secondary read and a third read. I would encourage all of you to download a free copy from Amazon.
April 17, 2018
Thought provoking book that leads you to action.
One of, if not the best "how to" books I've ever read. Moody does not lean toward his own understanding but backs every suggestion with scripture. This book is thought provoking and it leads you to action. I'm excited to dive into my Bible with a fresh outlook.
One of, if not the best "how to" books I've ever read. Moody does not lean toward his own understanding but backs every suggestion with scripture. This book is thought provoking and it leads you to action. I'm excited to dive into my Bible with a fresh outlook.
June 25, 2018
A Timeless Treasure
I'm happy I came across this book. The language is simple and direct yet absolutely profound. I am encouraged to not only continue studying my Bible but also to try the tips given in the book that would enhance my memory of scripture and in ministry! Such fresh insight! Complete! Truly, this is a timeless treasure!
I'm happy I came across this book. The language is simple and direct yet absolutely profound. I am encouraged to not only continue studying my Bible but also to try the tips given in the book that would enhance my memory of scripture and in ministry! Such fresh insight! Complete! Truly, this is a timeless treasure!
February 20, 2019
I selected this classic book seeking new ways to study the Bible. I was most impressed with the first few chapters' reasoning on the truth and inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures. In today's climate we may find this work helpful in articulating why we believe that the Holy Bible is truly the Word of God, and thus worthy of our study and worthy of being our guiding light.
March 5, 2019
Informative & Challenging
Very absorbing. I finished reading this in one sitting. As a Catholic, I've been reading the Bible for almost 40 years, I started reading it since I was six (6) years old. This book gas given new ideas and challenged me to bring my study of God's Word to the next level.
Very absorbing. I finished reading this in one sitting. As a Catholic, I've been reading the Bible for almost 40 years, I started reading it since I was six (6) years old. This book gas given new ideas and challenged me to bring my study of God's Word to the next level.
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