"Inductive, My Dear Watson."

Saturday - Slept in, relaxed, went for a walk around Torremolinos with Frank. Had some interesting conversations about life. Made cornbread and chili for dinner. Had a movie night wit the group. We watched "Amistad".

Sunday - Slept in, relaxed, Prepared bread dough for dinner. Listened to music. Drank tea and relaxed more. Made a delicious dinner of calzone, rolls, and salad. It was a big hit. Thanks so much to my Aunt Deana for sending me the recipe. =] Watched "The Matrix" with the group - my 3rd time watching it. Loved it, as usual.

Monday (Today) -
Our teacher this week is named Heidi. She is originally from Switzerland, but is currently living in Budapest. Our topic this week is inductive Bible study.

Deductive study – Approaching the text with preconceived ideas and searching the text for evidences which will prove our ideas and opinion.

Inductive study– Approaching the text (as much as possible) without our preconceived ideas and discovering what was in the text. We allow the text to define the issues and topics.

So basically the point of inductive study is to get the whole picture first, straight from the text, before drawing any conclusions. This includes not only reading the text, but understanding the time and culture from which the text came from and was meant for, and understanding the different ways the words could be translated from the original language and text.

So basically we are learning how to be "Bible detectives" using the inductive study method. (As childish as that sounds, I am trying to be creative and at least mildly amusing, so bear with me)

"Inductive, my dear Watson." 

We are working on the skill of inductive study using the book of. Ephesians. We have only gone over the theory of inductive study today, but I am eager to learn more as the week progresses. =]