This book came as comfort to me while I served in the Army, in part because it’s such a tiny book and I could carry it anywhere I went, along with my New Testament.
Although I don’t recall enough details to give it a full, proper review, I do want to relate his “Eleven Helpful Questions for Bible Study” which I recorded and have used often since then, especially as I worked my way through the Psalms. So, for the sake of your enrichment, the following are D.L. Moody‘s recommendations in his own words:
- What person have I learned about, and what have I learned about them?
- 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?
- Does the passage refer to any particular time in the history of the Children of Israel? Or of some leading character?
- Can I tell from memory what I have just been reading?
- Are there any parallel passages or text that throw light on this passage?
- Have I read anything about God the Father? Or about Jesus Christ? Or about the Holy Spirit?
- What have I read about myself? About man’s sinful nature? About the spiritual new nature?
- 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?
- How is this Scripture for doctrine? For reproof? For correction? For instruction in righteousness?
- Does it contain the Gospel in type or in evidence?
- What is the key verse of the chapter or passage? Can I repeat it from memory?
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