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A devotional is made up 5 separate parts. What are the five parts?
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The Hook
The Passage
The Big Idea
The Exposition
The Application |
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What is a "hook?"
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| It is a short story, anecdote, or interesting statement that "grabs" the reader's attention so they will hopefully listen to what you have to say. |
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What is the "big idea?"
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| The "big idea" is a single sentence which expresses the overall idea or intention of the biblical passage you are using in your devotional. |
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What are the "two parts" of the big idea?
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What question does the "subject" answer?
Giving a Devotional |
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| What is this writer talking about? |
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What question does the "complement" answer?
Giving a Devotional |
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| What is this author saying about what he is talking about? |
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Once you have the subject and complement how do you turn them into a "big idea?"
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| You put the two parts together so they make one declarative sentence. |
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What is the "subject" behind this proverb?
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and favor is better than silver of gold.
Proverbs 22:1
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| What is the value of a good reputation? |
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What is the "complement" behind this proverb?
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and favor is better than silver of gold.
Proverbs 22:1
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| ...itis better than money or riches. |
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What is the "big idea" behind this proverb?
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and favor is better than silver of gold.
Proverbs 22:1
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| The value of a good reputation is better than money or riches. |
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If your "big idea" is, "The value of a good reputation is better than money or riches," what does you hook have to be about?
Giving a Devotional |
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| It probably has to be about a good reputation, or keeping a good reputation, or maybe losing a good reputation. |
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What is the "exposition" part of a devotional?
Giving a Devotional |
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| It's the part where you explain or "expose" the meaning of the bibical text your devotional is about. |
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Is the expositon part of your devotional concerned with exegesis or hermeneutics?
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| It is concerned with exegesis because you are worrying about what the passage meant to the original audience. |
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What is the "application" part of a devotional?
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| It is the part where you apply the passage to the audience you are speaking to? |
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Is the application part of your devotional concerned with exegesis or hermeneutics?
Giving a Devotional
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| It is concerned with hermeneutics because you are worrying about what it means to your modern audience. |
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Our devotionals were based on your choice of a passage from any New Testament epistle? What is an epistle?
Giving a Devotional |
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| It is a letter sometimes formal sometimes informal. |
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Why did I make you do your devotional over a whole paragraph?
Giving a Devotional |
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| You made us do it over a whole paragraph because paragraphs are the basic unit of thought in literature. |
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So, how many basic thoughts are contained in one paragraph?
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And what do you call that basic unit of thought in a paragraph when you are doing a devotional?
Giving a Devotional |
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| You call it a "big idea." |
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Why must a devotional application be a rifle shot instead of a shotgun blast?
Giving a Devotional |
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| It must be a rifle shot because it has to be aimed at something very specific...a specific audience. A shotgun blast is too spread out too general. |
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In his discussion of how to interpret the epistles, Mr. Fee says that rule number 1 is...
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| an epistle cannot mean what it could not have never meant to it author or original readers |
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In his discussion of how to interpret the epistles, Mr. Fee says that rule number 2 is...
Interpreting Epistles |
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| whenever we share a situation with the first century readers the Word of God is the same for us as it was for them. |
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In his discussion of how to interpret the epistles, Mr. Fee says the basic unit of text with which a reader needs to concern himself is a(an)....
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The passage that Mr. Fee uses in discussing the difficulty of applying a culturally differnt text to modern readers is the text in 1 Corinthians that talks about...
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What other passage in 1 Corinthians does Mr. Fee think is conditioned by culture?
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| Paul's command for women to be silent in the church |
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Which James wrote the Epistle of James?
A. James the brother of John
B. James the son of Alphaeus
C. James the brother of Jesus
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| James the brother of Jesus |
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When was the Epistle to James written?
Introduction to James |
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| It was probably written around 62 AD just before James was martyred. |
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Who had James killed?
Introduction to James |
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How was James killed?
Introduction to James |
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| It is not clear exactly how James was killed. Acts 12 says he was killed with the sword. It may mean he was beheaded. |
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How many chapters are there in the Epistle of James?
Introduction to James |
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Be able to discuss the supposed contradiction between Paul and James regarding faith and works.
Introduction to James |
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| http://www.desiringgod.org/sermons/does-james-contradict-paul |
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To whom does James address his letter?
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| He addresses it to the twelve tribes of Israel scattered among the nations....Jewish Christians. |
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James argues that Christians should be joyful in the midst of trials because trials produce:
A. toughness
B. steadfastness
C. wisdom
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James argues that when Christians are suffering
they should ask God for:
A. toughness
B. endurance
C. wisdom
James Ch. 1 |
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What kind of wisdom is James referring to in chapter 1?
A. wisdom to make wise decisions
B. wisdom to know how to make money
C. wisdom to best endure suffering
James Ch. 1
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| C. wisdom to best endure suffering |
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James compares a certain group of people to grass burned up by the sun. Which of following groups does he use in that comparison?
A. the wicked
B. the rich
C. the idolatrous
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James warns his readers not to think that they are tempted by God to do evil. He tells them that they are tempted instead by:
A. the devil
B. their own sinful desires
C. the world
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| B. their own sinful desires |
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James says people should be slow to anger because man's anger does not produce:
A. God's righteousness.
B. God's peace
C. God's justice
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James says that when a man looks into the word
and then goes off and fails to do what it says is like...
James Ch. 1 |
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| a person that looks at himself in a mirror and then forgets what he looks like. |
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James says if a man claims to be religious he must control his...
James Ch. 1
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According to James 1, true religion consists of two things. Which of the following three things does he not include in his list?
A. Caring for afflicted widows/orphans
B. Keeping unstained by the world
C. Doing mission work
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James 2 starts off with a command not to show...
James Ch. 2 |
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When James gives the command in the previous question he is talking about not showing partiality to:
A. the famous
B. the rich
C. Jewish Christians
James Ch. 2
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James is particularly concerned that his readers
not show preference to one group over the other
based on...
James Ch. 2 |
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| where they have them sit in church meetings. |
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What does James call the command to "Love your
neighbor as yourself?"
James Ch. 2 |
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James says if a person breaks one part of the Law
he has broken...
James Ch. 2 |
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James illustrates his point by saying that a person who commits murder has also committed...
James Ch. 2 |
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James makes it a point to say believing is not enough. He says even ____________ believe.
James Ch. 2 |
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James says faith apart from works is...
James Ch. 2 |
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What famous OT character (male) does James use in chapter 2 to illustrate faith with works? HINT: It had something to do with his son.
James Ch. 2
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What famous OT character (female) does James use in chapter 2 to illustrate faith with works?
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In chapter three, James warns his readers that not many of them should seek to be _____________.
James Ch. 3 |
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Why does James give the previous warning?
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| He gives the warning because teachers will be judged more strictly. |
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James says a man needs to control his tongue in the same way a...
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What other three things does James compare a the human tongue to?
James Ch. 3
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(1) a rudder on a ship ( a little thing turning a big thing)
(2) a forest fire
(3) poison |
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James says that when someone uses their tongue to bless God and then turns around and uses it to curse someone made in God's image, it is like a fresh water fountain suddenly...
James Ch. 3 |
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James says, "Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be ___________ and every vile practice."
James Ch. 3 |
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When James says, "You do not have, because you do not ask," he means his readers do not have because they do not ____________.
James Ch. 4 |
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James then says when they finally do pray they pray with bad ______________.
James Ch. 4 |
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James calls his readers adulterous people because of their friendship with the world. He adds that if they are friends with the world they are at enmity
with God. What does enmity mean?
James Ch. 4 |
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| To be at enmity means to be at war. |
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James say if his readers will resist the devil that he will ___________.
James Ch. 4 |
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What reason does James give for not saying, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit?"
James Ch. 4 |
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| He says we don't know what tomorrow will bring. In other words, it's presumptuous. |
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What does James say Christians should say instead of tomorrow we will do such and such?
James Ch. 4 |
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He says they should say, "If the Lord wills...we will
do such and such." |
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James say if someone knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is _________.
James Ch. 4 |
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In chapter 5, James says, "Your gold has corroded, and its corrosion will eat your flesh like fire." Only gold doesn't actually corrode which means James is being hyperbolic? What is most likely his point?
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that people should not base their
security in wealth |
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In chapter five James says, "Behold, the wages of the laborerswhomowed your fields are crying out against you." Obviously wages don't cry out so the passage is metaphorical. What is James point?
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| His point is that the rich land purposely underpaid the laborers they hired |
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In chapter five, James writes "You have fattened
your hearts in a day of slaughter." He is still talking about the judgment of the wicked and he is still using a metaphor. What is the metaphor?
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| Themetaphor is that thewicked have fattened themselves up by taking advantage of the poor and they themselves are going to be slaughtered in God's judgment. |
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James tells his readers to remember, "As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." Which prophet does he name?
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James says, "But above all,my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth." Which of the following things does he tell them to do instead?
A. speak the truth in love
B. let their yes mean yes and their no mean no.
C. to say something nice or not speak at all.
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| B. let their yes mean yes and their no mean no. |
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James says, "If any of them are sick they should call for the elders of the church," and let them do two things. What were the two things?
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pray over them
and anoint them with oil |
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James closes out his letter with a reference to prayer and to a prophet who prayed and exercised control over the rain for some three years. Who was the prophet?
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