SPECS

Last week at Conspire, I spoke in the breakout session, "The Grade 4/5 Experiment." I shared briefly on a method we taught our kids for how to study a passage in the Bible. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember what all the letters meant (it was so frustrating!). So for all of you who were wondering, and those who know are intrigued, here you go:

Sin to Avoid
Promise to Claim
Example to Follow
Command to obey
Stumbling Block to Avoid

We showed our kids that just about every verse in the Bible (except those in the genealogies) will have at least one of these in it. They learned that the first step in understanding what the Bible is saying is to look for these. I heard from one mom that her daughter wrote these on a bookmark and uses it when she reads her Bible.