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I'd like to kick off an inductive Bible study of the Sermon On the Mount. I'd like to do this with a certain amount of structure, so people can learn how to do inductive Bible study. (If you have your own preferred way and don't want to go along, please start a different thread for that, so we don't have multiple people trying to steer in different directions.)

Inductive Bible Study starts with asking questions about a text and making very simple observations about the text before moving on to interpret it and apply it to your life. Instead of reading a text and instantly jumping to application, it spends time in the text, looking around, seeing the sights, smelling the smells, asking the questions that would occur to us if we weren't already so familiar with the text.

To start with, I'd like to keep us focused on Matthew 5:1-11, asking questions and making very low level observations. I set up a hypothes.is group for us to do this - to join the group, please go to https://hypothes.is/groups/43ZvqPAX/mennonet and sign up for an account. After you have done that, take a look at the text here:

https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.bib ... ersion=ESV

I already put some questions and observations into annotations on that text. These are the kind of question / observation that I usually start with. You don't need a lot of background to have questions or observe what's going on, you just need to open your eyes. Can some of the rest of you add to the questions and observations that are there for Matthew 5:1-11?

I've made my account & will add some annotations once I'm to a real computer (not just a mobile device)

I set up the account and went to the designated page which gives Matthew 5.1-48. Bootstrap, how does one see your questions and annotations? Or add such?

JimFoxvog wrote:I set up the account and went to the designated page which gives Matthew 5.1-48. Bootstrap, how does one see your questions and annotations? Or add such?

It took me some time to figure it out but I've since forgotten

JimFoxvog wrote:I set up the account and went to the designated page which gives Matthew 5.1-48. Bootstrap, how does one see your questions and annotations? Or add such?

Sorry it took a while, I'm at a conference where I spoke and organized some sessions, so I've been very busy.

If you look in the upper right hand corner, you should see a set of controls like this:
Click on the top box, which has a V-shaped arrow pointing left. Now you should see a box that looks like this:
Click on the arrow on the right and log in (if you have already signed up for an account) or sign in. Now click on the arrow on the right hand of "Public" (continues next post).

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Click on the arrow to the right of "Public" and it pulls up a drop-down menu.
Pick MennoNet:
Now you should be able to see the annotations. Click around, you will figure it out.

It sounds like the technology is making this difficult. Would it be better if I used a low-tech approach to lead this?

Bootstrap wrote:It sounds like the technology is making this difficult. Would it be better if I used a low-tech approach to lead this?

I believe so. I think we've botched this attempt. Not to say it'll never work though.

Robert, any chance you could allow pdf attachments?

A small group I am casually part of picked 5:1-11 as our memory verses for next weekend.