What does it take to achieve Bible fluency? In my next two posts I will guide you through how to use a brand new free resource called Bible Fluency: Sing it, See it, Study it, found at . This first post seeks to answer the question: How can I use music, visuals, and a workbook to help me learn to think my way through the Bible?

Bible Fluency employs music, visuals, and worksheets to help you learn your way around the Bible. The 400 most important events, characters, and themes are embedded in seven songs that have been recorded by singers from Redemption Hill Church. (The song titles are: Pentateuch, History, Poetry & Wisdom, Prophets, Gospels, Acts & Letters of Paul, General Letters & Revelation). High quality color learning icon flashcards correspond to the same 400 ideas that are highlighted in the songs. These 400 ideas are linked to particular books of the Bible. A workbook guides you through questions from the Bible itself to help you connect the songs and flashcards with what is actually found in the Bible. A person who has followed this course of study will immediately be able to recall that the story of Joseph is in Genesis, the walls of Jerusalem are rebuilt in Nehemiah, a locust plague is the backdrop for the book of Joel, the parable of the Good Samaritan is found in Luke (not Matthew, Mark, and John), Paul鈥檚 thorn-in-the-flesh is described in 2 Corinthians, and 鈥渄o not love the world or the things that are in the world鈥 is a verse from the letter known as 1 John.

Simply begin listening to the songs over and over again and start memorizing the lyrics. Listen while you drive to work or school; sing along while you make dinner. Work through the lessons in the workbook so that you are connecting directly to the Bible. Then pull out your ultra-simple learning icon flashcards and use them to check whether you are mentally linking these characters, events, themes, and verses with the right books of the Bible. (鈥 look at an image 鈥 think 鈥 鈥渢he pyramids 鈥 oh, that represents Egypt 鈥 right 鈥 the book of Genesis ends in Egypt鈥 鈥 check the other side of the card 鈥 find the song lyric: 鈥淎nd we end the book in Egypt鈥 plus the correct answer 鈥 Genesis. 鈥淲oo-hoo! I got it right!鈥)

Now you鈥檙e on your way to becoming 鈥淏ible Fluent.鈥 This isn鈥檛 "Bible Basics," at one end of the spectrum, nor is it "Bible Mastery" at the other; it is a fluent recognition of what-is-where and where-it-is-going in the Bible. Wouldn鈥檛 you love to become 鈥淏ible Fluent鈥濃攔eally and truly? Then visit and start learning. And please share this great resource with anyone you think might want to know about it.

My next post will be called 鈥淭eaching Bible Fluency: Using Classes and Videos."