Course #2: Understanding How Christians Live

How to Use This Course

Quick Start Guide

Step 1: Watch the weekly Lesson Video.

Step 2: Consult (or download if desired) the transcript of the video to use in completing the handbook exercises.

Step 3: Download and print out the Bible Handbook Part 1 and put it in a 3-ring binder.

Step 4: Complete the handbook exercises (it is essential that you complete the exercises if you hope to master the material).

Step 5: Check your answers in the Answer Key

Step 6: When you have completed Lesson 10, watch the NanoSummary video and complete the Lock-it-in Exercise. Review the NanoSummary daily until you can complete the Lock-it-in Exercise from memory.

REPEAT TO THE END!!!

Begin Lesson #1 Here

How to Get the Most from this Course

Course #2: Each lesson in Course #2 includes a video with a corresponding Transcript, Handbook, Answer Key, and an optional Digging Deeper.

  1. Watch the video lesson without taking notes or following along in the learner’s manual. Simply watch the lesson as an interesting and enjoyable experience. That is the first dimensionof the learning experience (right brain).
  2. After watching the video, do the reviews in the Bible Knowledge Handbook, which is the second dimensionof the learning experience (left brain).

There are three parts to the review in the Handbook:

  • review for memory
  • review for understanding
  • review for application

Each level of review is different. That is because of how the brain works. To review for memory, it takes a different methodology than review for understanding or application. Each of the reviews has been specifically tailored to its purpose. 

It is vital that you complete the review exercises in your Handbook at the end of each lesson. Otherwise the final impact of the course will be greatly diminished. It is only as you watch the lesson, and then follow it up with the review exercises, that the right brain and left brain combine for a complete learning experience.

You will use the Transcript to refresh you memory when completing your Handbook reviews. In the Transcript, you will notice that some words in the text are bolded. Each bold word is an answer to a fill-in-the-blank exercise in the Review for Memory section of the Bible Knowledge Handbook. In cases where the word is in a title heading that is already bold, the word is underlined.

  1. Check you answers in the Answer Key.
  2. At the end of each lesson, there is an optional Digging Deepersection. This includes three parts:

#1. Read
#2. Study
#3. Memorize

  • Read: The books recommended for further reading are books that expand on the subject of the lesson. With a couple of exceptions, the recommended book is from a series of books authored by BNDS creator, Max Anders. They are compactly condensed, easy-to-read expansions of the material found in the lesson. You can further your grasp of the subject by reading the recommended book.
  • Study: The study sections are simple and easy-to-complete studies of key passages. If you are a new Christian, this will provide you important information at a glance. If you are an established believer, the information may not be new, but will be a helpful review.
  • Memorize: This is a central passage for the subject of the lesson, and memorizing these verses will make a valuable contribution to your life.

The Answer Key for the “Study” part of the Digging Deeper section is included at the end of each Deeper Digging section.