OliveGrove gives you a simple, ordered way to read Scripture: from the text itself, through its context, and into faithful response.
New readers: work through the steps below. Returning readers: go straight to Study.
The five steps below show you how to move through a passage, from reading the text to faithful response. Start with Step 1 and move in order.
Start with the passage itself and let the text set the boundaries.
Notice structure, repetition, contrast, movement, and emphasis before you decide meaning.
Ask what the passage means in context and receive that meaning with prayerful dependence on the Spirit.
Keep Christ at the center by reading the passage within the Bible's story of promise, fulfillment, and new creation.
Let understanding turn into worship, humility, submission, and concrete obedience.
Read, Observe, Understand, See Christ, and Respond. The model is a path, not a maze. Move to the next step when the passage calls for it.
The workspace keeps the passage in view while giving you the context, doctrine, and themes that sit behind it. Use it alongside the steps, or on its own.