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What do you want to do in your life based on this knowledge? What do you learn about God from this passage? What don’t you understand about this passage? The church used Six Bible Discovery Questions to lead the in-home Bible studies. Fred returned to the church to check a Spanish/English parallel Bible out of the library. The first week Fred was teaching, the whole extended family lined the walls of the room watching. The father agreed that Fred could come to their home and teach his son English using the Bible. Using this method, Fred found a Spanish speaking father who wanted his son to learn English. They would ask people they met about having a Bible study in their home. To do outreach, Church on Brady Street would go out into public areas-such as parks-and get to know folks in the area. But the young man had a different vision of his service in that Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The young man-who we’ll call “Fred”-was assigned to the computer because that appeared to be where his skills could do the most good. We usually like to conclude our sessions by asking two more questions:Īs the groups grow together and progress through the studies, these questions help us to learn together and to help each other.Carol Davis, a Missions Specialist, tells the story of a seminary student who interned at Church on Brady Street while she was on staff there. Often this will be different to what we have been taught or heard from other people. The aim of DBS is to discover together what the Bible actually says. More often than not, they will be addressed by a later session. It is best, however, not to get sidetracked by these. Often questions will come up which the scripture passage doesn’t directly answer. This is one of the things that makes meeting in a group so enjoyable (and often challenging). As we have already mentioned, groups often spot far more in a story than individuals would do. If someone says something that doesn’t seem obvious from the story you can get them to explain a bit more by asking “where do you see that in the passage?”. Make sure that everyone has the chance to speak. For example “I will listen to other people before I …” If this is God’s word for our lives what changes will we make in response to it? It helps to express these as “I will” statements.What does this story tell us about people?.What does this story tell us about God?.Once you are happy that you know the story, explore it with following questions Discover As we said, groups remember more than individuals. Don’t worry about missing things out - often you will find that others can fill in the details. If you are in a larger group you might like to do this in pairs. The Discover App website has some useful story sets to get you started RetellĪsk for volunteers to retell the story in their own words. You can use almost any Bible passage for a DBS. You can use a paper bible or a phone app (like the Discover App) for this. Read or listen to the bible story that you are looking at a couple of times. Matthew 13: 34-35 (Worldwide English Translation) I will tell things that have been secret since the world was made." What the prophet of God said long ago, came true. He did not tell them anything without a story. Jesus told the people all these things in stories. If this is not your first DBS, ask how people got on with the things that they said at the previous meeting. Somewhere you can relax, and talk openly to each other. A living room or a coffee shop works well. So find some friends, and find somewhere comfortable to meet. Groups remember more than individuals do on their own.Groups spot things that individuals miss.You can use the DBS approach on your own - but you will get far more out if it if you do it with others. Generally speaking, Discovery Bible Studies are gatherings of friends. Previously we have looked at what you need in order to launch a Discovery Bible Study(DBS), but what do you actually do in a DBS? What does a typical DBS look like?