_ With the free Bible lessons of Module 1 you have acquired the skill how to understand, apply and communicate the essentials of the Bible in the 21st century.
You have learnt how to apply the GPS method on a specific type of literature. In Module 1 we have focused on Prose (Explanation and Instruction) while the focus of Module 2 is the Narratives.
I like the way Leonardo Da Vinci puts it: “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen”
With6 online lessons you will apply the GPS method on the Poetry of the Bible. You will find it easy and exciting.
We mainly get poetry in Psalms, Wisdom and the Prophets in the Bible.
Lessons 1-2 give you a taste of Poetry in Psalms.
Lessons 3-4 cover the Prophets.
Lessons 5-6 give you a taste of the Wisdom Literature.
1. How to interpret Poetry 2. The Bible GPS on Psalm 32 3. The Bible GPS on Jeremiah 48: 29-33 4. The Bible GPS on Habakkuk 1: 1-11 5. The Bible GPS on Lamentations 1: 1-9 6. The Bible GPS on Song of Songs 2: 3-13
This free Bible lesson will help you to understand the characteristics of Poetry. You will love it!
Several books in the Bible are written either totally or predominantly in poetry: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs and Lamentations. Moreover, many parts of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Minor Prophets are also written in poetry.
_ Psalm 32 makes an important contribution to the theme of happiness.
The theme is important for the psalm; the word "happy appears twice, in verses 1 and 2. And the Psalm ends on a positive note with a call to be glad, to rejoice and even to shout for joy (verse 11).
The Psalmist realized that to confess your sin leads to forgiveness and unspeakable joy!
_Since the original receivers of the message of the Bible lived in a
totally different time and culture than us, we need a responsible method
to know how they understood the message.i
In this free Bible lesson you will learn the easy method how to understand or best understand the message to the original receiver.
_This lesson covers both the second and third processes. In this lesson you learn the skills to determine whether the message to the original receiver is applicable in our situation, or not. You learn the skills to communicate the message to the original receiver in the 21st century.
_In this Bible lesson you apply the GPS method to Romans 3: 21-26. Now you are a real pro!
Course Objectives
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These free Bible lessons will enable you to use the tools in The Bible as your GPS course to understand, apply and communicate the essentials of the Bible in the 21st century.
How will you accomplish these goals?
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You will demonstrate knowledge of the GPS model.
You will learn how to get to the message to the original receiver of the Bible passage
You will learn how to discern if the message to the original receiver is applicable or not.
You will learn how to communicate the essentials to specific target groups.
You will practice the GPS model on Bible passages.
Note
All the Free Bible lessons can be downloaded as well.
