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How to Study the Bible – Bible Study Made Simple

As Christians, we want to experience God through the Bible… we really do!

But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant. But it doesn’t have to feel this way.

In this bible study podcast, pastor and Bible teacher Nicole Unice brings life back to reading the Bible by walking listeners through her Alive Method of Bible study, helping us personally encounter God through His Word by giving us a practical, clear road map for understanding, interpreting and applying Scripture to our lives.

Topics covered in this podcast:

💡 Three Common Obstacles to Understanding the Bible
💡The Basics of Bible Study (Observation, Interpretation) and How to Apple the Bible to Your Life
💡Deep Dive into Bible Studies by Books of the Bible (We’ve covered Ecclesiastes, Romans, Matthew, and more!)
💡 Topical Bible study lessons on Joy, Contentment, Prayer and more
💡 Spiritual Rhythms: Creating New Rhythms in Your Life
💡 4 Principles You Need to Interpret Difficult Scripture

To find more from Nicole, visit https://nicoleunice.com/.

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Latest Episodes:

Love Psalms: Psalm 6 - A Plea Feb 15, 2021

Show notes

Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, kicked off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
This is the second episode in our Love Psalms series. Here is the first episode.
If you are in a season of discouragement, loss, or grief, come study Psalm 6 with us.
Discussed This Week:
• Have you accepted that trouble and suffering is a part of this world, not the exception but the rule?
• Other Psalms of lament: 8, 12, 32, 38, 46, 51, 102, 130
• One of Nicole’s favorite definition of mercy: “God’s affection set on relieving our affliction”
• Even if we have brought grief on ourselves, like David has in Psalm 6, we can still cry out for mercy.
• Does God punish us for our sin? (Yes, according to 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8.) Nicole explains how with grace, the penalty for our sin is removed and we can have right standing with God. But grace does not mean that if we go on sinning that we do not receive consequences.
• How do we handle it when God doesn’t seem to come to our aid?
• The confident turn in Psalm 6 that shows us in the midst of suffering we can have confident hope in who God is.
• Three questions: Do I need to repent of something in my life? Do I need to have confidence in my grief in sorrow? Do I need to believe that God has heard my cry?
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Love Psalms: Psalm 1 - A Posture Feb 08, 2021

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Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, kicked off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
If you’ve ever wanted to better understand the Book of Psalms, this series is for you! We are going to spend the next five episodes looking at the 5 types of major psalms in the Bible and how to properly read this poetic book.
We’re calling it Love Psalms, because sometimes love is full of praise, sometimes love has lament in it. Sometimes love is about when we feel close, and sometimes it’s our love is expressed in the anguish we feel in distance. The Psalms allow us the full emotional expression of human existence.
Every part of your emotional experience, every part of your life experience, is welcome in God’s presence. That’s the subscript of the whole book of Psalms.
In this episode, Nicole breaks down:
• What is the posture of the righteous? What do they do, and what don’t they do?
• How to spot imagery and parallelism (and what they matter)
• What it means that this is the first psalm in the entire book
• What you should expect when you live a righteous life?
• How to correctly interpret the idea of “prospering”
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New Year, New Thing (with Erin Rose) Feb 01, 2021

Show notes

Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, kicked off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
In This Episode:
Erin Rose joins Nicole to talk through Isaiah 43:18-19 and what exactly the “new thing” is that God is doing.
This Week’s Key Verse:
Isaiah 43:18-19 - “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Erin Rose is a real estate agent in Richmond, VA, who also serves as a pastor and worship leader. She’s part of Urban Doxology, a worship group dedicated to writing songs of reconciliation for the urban context. Listen in and discover their music at @urbandoxology.
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New Year, New Creation Jan 25, 2021

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Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, which kicks off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
In This Episode:
Right about now, we start to realize just how difficult it is to change. If you’re feeling that way, know that you have a Heavenly Father who promises to do the things he requires of us. If he’s calling us to holiness, he’s going to make a way for us to get there. If he’s calling us to a new attitude or mind, he’s going to make a way. We are active participants in the transformative work that the Spirit is doing in us.
This week, we are diving deep into 2 Corinthians 5:17 and the amazing implications it has for us as believers. What does it mean to be a new creation? It means our eternal life starts now, not once we’re in heaven.
This Week’s Key Verse:
2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
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New Year, New Mind Jan 18, 2021

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Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, which kicks off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
Nicole’s book 'Help! My Bible Is Alive' is available here.
In This Episode:
The work of a new heart is done in Christ, but we are still participants in that work. Every day, we have the choice: will we continue to put off the old self, and put on the old self? In this episode, Nicole looks at what it means for us to take our thoughts captive and hold them up to the truth of God’s Word.
This Week’s Key Verses:
Ephesians 4:22-24: “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
2 Corinthians 10:5: “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
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New Year, New Heart Jan 11, 2021

Show notes

Are you looking to get more out of your time studying the Bible? Or maybe you're ready to finally start building a consistent, daily quiet time with the Lord? If that sounds like you, then Nicole would like to personally invite you to join her Help! My Bible is Alive FREE 30-Day Challenge, which kicks off on February 1st. To sign up, head over to https://nicoleunice.com/bible
Nicole’s book 'Help! My Bible Is Alive' is available here.
This Week’s Key Bible Verse:
Ezekiel 36:25-27
“What God requires for his people, he always provides.” God promises to give you a new heart and a new Spirit. In this episode, we’ll dive into Ezekiel to see just what God promises to do for us in our relationship with Him.
If you’re new to the podcast, check out our first episodes, which will walk you through Nicole’s ‘Alive Method’ of Bible study:
The Basics of Bible Study
Digging Deeper - What's the Backstory?
Unpacking Principles and Finding Meaning
What to Do When You Get Stuck
Making it Personal - What Does It Mean for Me?
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Introducing: Let's Be Real (Why Boundaries Are So Hard) Dec 02, 2020

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In this special episode, we wanted to introduce you to Nicole's other podcast, Let's Be Real! In this episode, Nicole shares why setting healthy boundaries can be so hard, and how to be a peaceful, joyful person with your YES and your NO.
To take Nicole's FREE boundaries assessment, just head over to https://nicoleunice.com/boundaries/.
To listen and subscribe to Let's Get Real, go to https://nicoleunice.com/podcasts/ (Episodes 18, 19, 20, and 21 are the ones focused on setting healthy boundaries.)

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Philippians 4: The Pursuit of Peace Oct 28, 2020

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In our forth and final episode of our latest season, Nicole walks us through Philippians 4 and our path to peace.
Recommended Resources:
Walking with God: A 30-Day Guided Discovery of Philippians and Ephesians. This is a 5-week guided devotional plan to help you unpack God’s Word in simple, daily steps. Learn more at https://nicoleunice.com/walking-with-god/
Connect with Nicole:
Her website: https://www.nicoleunice.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.unice/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleunice/
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Malte Mueller

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Philippians 3: The Source of Our Confidence Oct 21, 2020

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In this third episode of our new season, Nicole helps us open our eyes to receive the riches of Philippians 3 and the source of our confidence.
Recommended Resources:
Walking with God: A 30-Day Guided Discovery of Philippians and Ephesians. This is a 5-week guided devotional plan to help you unpack God’s Word in simple, daily steps. Learn more at https://nicoleunice.com/walking-with-god/
Connect with Nicole:
Her website: https://www.nicoleunice.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.unice/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleunice/
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Ponomariova_Maria

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Philippians 2: Work Out Your Salvation Oct 14, 2020

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In this second episode of our new season, Nicole digs deep into the goodness of Philippians 2, connecting the experience of our salvation with the outwork of our salvation.
Recommended Resources:
Walking with God: A 30-Day Guided Discovery of Philippians and Ephesians. This is a 5-week guided devotional plan to help you unpack God’s Word in simple, daily steps. Learn more at https://nicoleunice.com/walking-with-god/
Connect with Nicole:
Her website: https://www.nicoleunice.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.unice/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleunice/
Episode Image Credit: Getty/nadia_bormotova

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