Discovery Bible Study

[Taliya]

Comparing DBS and Zume approach to Bible study, I prefer DBS. I do appreciate that Zume has s specific structure to follow and additional information from the videos, but at the sam time, the videos are what I dislike about the Zume approach. In my experience with different styles of Bible study, the ones where we get lots of our information from videos and discussion were the ones that felt least genuine to me. I’m currently leading a Bible study in our church and I’m using an approach similar to DBS as I wanted to practice it before getting to the field. I’ve been enjoying this style so much more! I like that we keep going back to the scriptures and ask questions that we draw from the passage to answer.

Going through and practicing DBS, I’m learning the importance of the application/obedience commitment. I feel like usually in Bible study we don’t do this. But I’m beginning to think “what’s the point” in just studying the Bible without challenging ourselves to apply what we learned and commit to obey God’s word! I’m also learning that there is so much goodness and truth in Scripture that we miss just going over the passage once. Asking the questions “what does this passage say about God/us?” and retelling the story really helps me to recognize and pull out more from the Word compared to if I just read the passage once on my own.