Kirsten Vandervelde tours with a theatrical production of Don Richardson’s Peace Child. In her down time, she greets people as a receptionist for our missions ministry here in Montana.

As a 20 year old, she heard me teach on the value of daily Bible reading. This particular morning, four years later, I noticed that she was writing out the gospel of John longhand so I asked her about it. She told me that four years ago, after she heard me teach about Bible study, she decided to starting writing the Bible out longhand.

Since 2002, she has written out during her daily devotional time the following Bible books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Johsua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timonthy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation. She is presently writing out the gospel of John and Ezekiel. She told me, “I have filled up notebook after notebook.”

As we spoke, I noticed an engagement ring on her finger. I told her that I hope her fiance knows what a treasure he is getting in her. In fact, the writer of the Proverbs wrote that “her worth is far more precious than jewels.”

I brought her into the SBS here in Montana to encourage our students and staff as I was both encouraged and challenged by her testimony and love for the Word. ~Ron Smith~

You can access Kirsten’s ministry at Sidewalk Productions.
  ]]> http://inductivebiblestudymethod.com/index.php/2006/12/19/a-true-observer-and-applier-of-the-word/feed/ 0 http://inductivebiblestudymethod.com/index.php/2006/11/18/g-campbell-morgan-and-preparation-for-teaching-and-preaching/ http://inductivebiblestudymethod.com/index.php/2006/11/18/g-campbell-morgan-and-preparation-for-teaching-and-preaching/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:38:00 +0000 Ron http://inductivebiblestudymethod.com/index.php/2006/11/18/g-campbell-morgan-and-preparation-for-teaching-and-preaching/ Harold Ockenga stunned me during one of his sermons while I was a student at
Gordon-Conwell.  He stated that G.Campbell Morgan read Bible books 50 times aloud before attempting to teach them.  Imgaine that kind of diligent preparation.  He thoroughly observed before he taught.

Observation is a learned and trained skill in Bible study. Usually, the way we train ourselves to observe is to force the right questions. Part of Rudyard Kipling’s poem is a good place to start. “I have six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew, their names were how, when and why, what and where and who.”

Look deliberately at a paragraph of Scripture six times. Ask each of those questions separately for each run through and you will be amazed how much you will see. Perhaps you will see something which had never seen before.