How to Study the Bible (Jen Wilkin)

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🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this interview, we talk with Jen Wilkin about the importance Bible study for our lives as Christians, even if that study looks different in the various seasons of life. Jen discusses some of the things God has taught her over the last two decades as a Bible study leader and shares about her work writing Bible studies aimed at helping God’s people better understand what the Bible actually teaches and how to appropriately apply it to our lives today. Jen Wilkin is the author of Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds. Read the full transcript. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!

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0:00.0	Technically, I taught my first Bible study when I was in college.
0:06.0	The organization I was a part of couldn't find anybody else who was willing to lead it,
0:10.0	and I was deemed vaguely spiritual.
0:12.0	I think a lot of the reason that people don't love it is because it feels intimidating,
0:18.0	and when they come to it, they feel dumb instead of loved and accepted.
0:21.8	We underestimate the significance of just getting the text under our skin.
0:28.4	Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week for thoughtful
0:33.0	interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life.
0:40.3	I'm Matt Tully, and today I'm talking with Jen Wilkin. Jen is a popular speaker, a writer, and a teacher of women's Bible studies.
0:45.3	During her two decades of teaching, she's taught thousands of women how to study the Bible,
0:50.3	simple principles for digging into the text and understanding what God has said.
0:55.6	She's the author of numerous Bible studies and three books, including Women of the Word,
1:01.5	How to Study the Bible with both our hearts and our minds.
1:05.7	In our conversation today, Jen and I discussed common misconceptions about what it means to study the Bible,
1:12.4	why it's so important for the Christian life, and what Bible study looks like in her own life.
1:18.0	Stick around to the end of the show to learn how to win a copy of Jen's book. Let's get
1:22.6	started. Jen, thank you for joining us on the Crossway podcast.
1:29.6	Oh, I'm happy to be here. Thanks for having me on.
1:35.0	So you've been teaching women how to study the Bible for a long time now.
1:37.8	How long has it actually been since you started?
1:40.0	It's been about 20 years.
1:46.9	Yeah, so over that time, you've written three books and at least 10 Bible studies by my count. I think that's right. Yeah. So over that time, you've written three books and at least 10 Bible studies by my count.
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