Start here

Welcome to the Bible Study Kit, nice to meet you! 👋 If you’re curious about who I am, you can read a bit more About me. If you accidentally stumbled upon this kit and have no idea about the Biblical story, start here: What is the Gospel?.

Common shortcomings of acquiring knowledge

Meditating on the Word is the core of being a disciple of Jesus. The Bible exhorts us to “acquire and seek knowledge” (v15). Yet, the way in which we do that is often inefficient. You can probably identify with some of The shortcomings of common note-taking practices.

Dive into the kit

After you have identified some of the challenges you’re facing, you’re ready to dive in. When lost, you can always come back to the Overview.

You can navigate for- and backward with those hotkeys: Option + → and Option + ←.

There are three paths which you can explore:

🏡 Start at home

Start here: Home. I’ve created an example vault for you to dig around in. Have a look about how you can use it in your daily life.

📖 Jump into Scripture

For the adventurer – start here: Gen-01. Explore the kit through browsing and backlinks.

⏩ Follow the kit

• The Basics
  • Start by reading about how to Set up your Obsidian for Bible Study.
  • Get familiar with what I call “Connected Biblical Thinking”.
• Studying the Bible
  • Once you are done with the practicalities, Start connecting Scripture.
  • Get inspired for personal application by looking at Examples of Connected Biblical Thinking for your Obsidian Vault.
• Further topics
  • For additional tweaking, look into CSS tweaks and Settings, queries and plugins.
  • Have look at the Glossary.
  • Explore through the Graph view Command + G.

Acknowledgments

I am indebted to j.split, karlpalmer, Lithou, MikeBraddock and nickmilo for their willingness to provide feedback for the early drafts of this kit. Your thoughts made this kit a much better one.