How to Pray and How to Study the Bible
Published on 17. May 2022
192 pages
978-1-59856-539-3 (ISBN)
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As valuable as when they were first published a century ago, Torrey's two disciple-making classics- How to Pray and How to Study the Bible-encourage believers to grow in the knowledge and love of God. Brimming with practical wisdom, How to Pray describes varieties of biblical "prayer that availeth much." How to Study the Bible details seven fruitful methods of inductive Bible study. Now together for the first time in one binding!
R.A. Torrey (1856-1928), an evangelist, author and educator, was a prolific writer with over forty books to his credit. He was a major force in helping shape the Bible school now known as Moody Bible Institute.
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Content
- Intro
- HOW TO PRAY & HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE
- Copyright
- Preface to the Hendrickson Christian Classics Edition
- How to Pray
- 1. The Importance of Prayer
- 2. Praying Unto God
- 3. Obeying and Praying
- 4. Praying in the Name of Christ and According to the Will of God
- 5. Praying in the Spirit
- 6. Always Praying and Not Fainting
- 7. Abiding in Christ
- 8. Praying with Thanksgiving
- 9. Hindrances to Prayer
- 10. When to Pray
- 11. The Need of a General Revival
- Why A General Revival Is Needed
- 1. Renewed faith in the ministry.
- A. Many of us who are professedly orthodox ministers are practically infidels.
- B. Even when our ministers are orthodox-as thank God so very many are!-they are oftentimes not men of prayer.
- C. Many of us who are ministers have no love for souls.
- 2. Refreshed doctrine and spirituality in the church.
- A. Look at the doctrinal state of the church.
- B. Look at the spiritual state of the church.
- 3. Worsening moral condition in the world.
- A. Note how few conversions there are.
- B. There is lack of conviction of sin.
- C. Unbelief is rampant.
- D. Hand in hand with this widespread infidelity goes gross immorality, as has always been the case.
- 12. The Place of Prayer Before and During Revivals
- How to Study the Bible
- Preface
- Part I
- 1. Introductory Chapter to Methods of Bible Study
- 2. The Study of Individual Books
- I. Select A Book To Study
- 1. For your first book study, choose a short book.
- 2. Choose a comparatively easy book.
- 3. Choose a book that is rich enough in its teaching to illustrate the advantages of this method of study, and thus give a keen appetite for further studies of the same kind.
- II. Master the Book's General Contents
- III. Prepare an Introduction
- IV. Divide the Book Into Sections
- V. Example: 1 Peter
- VI. Study Each Verse in Order
- 1. How Do We Understand the Exact Meaning of the Verse?
- A. Understand the Exact Meaning of Each Word
- B. Carefully Look at the Context
- C. Examine Parallel Passages
- 2. Analyze the Verse
- VII. Example: 1 Peter 1:1, 2
- VIII. Classify Your Results
- IX. Example: General Subjects Treated in I Peter
- X. Example: Some Detailed Topics Under "God"
- XI. Example: What I Peter Teaches About the Believer
- A. His privileges.
- B. The believer's trial and sufferings.
- C. The believer's dangers.
- D. The believer's responsibility.
- E. The believer's duties.
- F. The believer's characteristics
- G. The believer's warfare.
- XII. Meditate Upon and Digest the Results
- 3. Topical Study
- I. Be Systematic
- II. List of Study Topics
- God
- Jesus Christ
- The Holy Spirit
- Man
- Angels
- Satan or the Devil
- Demons
- III. Be Thorough
- IV. Be Exact
- V. Classify and Write Down Your Results
- VI. Example: Jesus Christ: His Deity
- 1. Divine Names
- 2. Divine Attributes
- 3. Divine Offices
- 4. Use of the name of Jehovah God in the Old Testament and of Jesus Christ in the New Testament
- 5. The names of God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son
- 6. Divine worship to be given to Jesus Christ.
- VII. General Proposition
- 4. Biographical Study
- 5. Study of Types
- 6. Study in Bible Order and in Chronological Order
- 7. The Study of the Bible for Practical Usefulness in Dealing with Men
- Part II
- 1. Fundamental Conditions of the Most Profitable Bible Study
- 2. Final Suggestions
