Five steps, each with a time on it
Read, Notice, Ask, Sort, Respond. Fifteen minutes, so you don’t get stuck in one step and quit.
- Read
- Notice
- Ask
- Sort
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Free · The 15-Minute Study Method
Learn to study any Bible passage in 15 minutes, starting with a woman Scripture never named.
You open your Bible with good intentions, hit a hard chapter, and close it unsure what it said or what it has to do with your life. This free guide gives you five steps to study any passage yourself, in about 15 minutes, with room for your questions as well as your answers.
- No chasing down verses, no busy work. Every step has a time on it, so you actually finish.
- Keep track of what the passage says, what you think it suggests and what you’re still wondering.
- End with one clear step for your relationships, your work or your home.
- Practice first on Lot’s wife, start to finish, so you see it work before you try it alone.
Free 15-page guide
The 15-Minute Study Method
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What’s in it
15 pages · phone or printA method you can use on any passage.
A 15-page guide. Read it on your phone, or save it as a PDF and print it.
Three headings for your notes
What I see in the passage, what I think it may suggest, and what I wonder or imagine. Your questions get a place of their own.
Lot’s wife, start to finish
Genesis 19:15–26 and Luke 17:28–33, printed right on the page, with a study page to write on, my notes to compare with yours and a reading path if her story stays with you.
Three questions for a small group
Ready for a women’s group or a friend at the kitchen table. No video needed.
The three headings
Read closely, and wonder honestly.
The Bible leaves a lot unsaid about these women, and it’s natural to wonder. This method makes room for that, and keeps track of where each thought came from, so you can see how it shapes what you take home.
What I see in the passage
The words and actions Scripture records. A verse number helps you find them again.
Lot’s wife, for example
v. 26: “his wife looked back from behind him”What I think it may suggest
Your reading, beside what careful readers have said, with the reasons.
Lot’s wife, for example
her heart was still in the city? (see Luke 17:31–32)What I wonder or imagine
Questions the passage leaves open, and feelings or possibilities you picture.
Lot’s wife, for example
what was she leaving behind?Scripture quotations from the King James Version.
Before you sign up
Is this guide for you?
This is for you if
- You’ve read Genesis more than once and still read right past these women.
- You open a hard chapter alone and it’s hard to grasp what it’s saying.
- You want depth without chasing down verses or busy work.
- You lead, or want to lead, a small group study with no video.
Skip it if
- You want a short devotional thought and a pretty verse. This asks you to read the passage.
- You want the women’s stories retold as fiction. That lives elsewhere, labeled as fiction.
“I write suspense fiction under this same name, so imagination is no stranger here. Let’s read closely, wonder honestly, and keep learning together.”
Brielle York
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