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The Study of Theology

Expository Apologetics-

Searching scriptures not just for knowledge. The word has a three fold ministry/why we study the bible.

-orthodoxy: doctrine

-orthopathous : belief

-orthopraxus: how you live.

Convictions, preferences, and taste/ Essentials and non-essentials.

Historical theology; what have other christians said?

Practical theology: how should we live?

Systemic Theology: what is true about God?

Biblical theology: what is the big picture story of the bible?

Exegesis: What does this text mean?

Expository apologetics: how does the study of the bible edify the believer and what is the implication?

inductive (who what when where and how)

and deductive bible study