--- aliases: [Start here, Bible Study Kit] publish: true --- # 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|What is the Gospel?]]. > [!hint] New! > I am considering turning the [[+Start here|Bible Study Kit]] into a fleshed out course. Help me see if there’s interest by filling out this **[short form](https://joschua.io/courseform)** ==→== **To play with this on your own hard drive, [[Download the Bible Study Kit]].** ==←== 💬 Join [in the conversation on the Obsidian forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bible-study-in-obsidian-kit-including-the-bible-in-markdown/12503). ## What this kit tries to solve The Bible exhorts us to "acquire and seek knowledge" ([[Prov 18#15]]). 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 in! 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|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: [[00 Home|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** – Start here: [[Gen 1]]. * Explore the kit through browsing and backlinks. * ⏩ **Follow the kit** * *The Basics* * [[Set up your Obsidian for Bible Study]]. * Get familiar with what I call "[[Connected Biblical Thinking]]". * *Studying the Bible* * [[Start connecting Scripture]]. * Get inspired for personal application: [[Examples of Connected Biblical Thinking]] for your Obsidian Vault. * *Further topics* * For additional tweaking, look into [[CSS tweaks for Obsidian Publish]] 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 [[Nick Milo]] for their willingness to provide feedback for the early drafts of this kit. Your thoughts made this kit a much better one.