✦ T H E B E R E A N D A S H B O A R D · F I E L D G U I D E Study like a Berean. Observe. Interpret. Apply. How to do inductive Bible study — the whole method, step by step, using the tools already under your fingers in the Berean Dashboard. “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” — Acts 17:11 berean-dashboard.pages.dev · Smith For Christ · Soli Deo Gloria

01 What inductive study is — and why it matters Letting the text speak before you do. Inductive Bible study means you go to the Scriptures firsthand. Instead of starting with what a teacher, a devotional, or even a study Bible says, you start with the text itself and let it teach you — the way the Bereans checked even the apostle Paul against the Scriptures, daily. It moves in three honest steps, always in order: THE LOOP — AND THE ORDER IS THE INTEGRITY: NEVER DECIDE WHAT IT MEANS BEFORE SEEING WHAT IT SAYS. Why it matters: secondhand truth is thin. When you have seen it yourself — marked the repeated word, chased the Greek, watched the "therefore" connect — the Word does what Hebrews 4:12 says it does. The Dashboard exists to make this method easy enough to do daily. If you use SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer), everything here fits — the notes tabs and the Partner meet you in it. OBSERVATION What does the text SAY? who · what · when · where repeats · contrasts · commands mark it in your colors INTERPRETATION What does it MEAN? context rules · Greek & Hebrew Scripture interprets Scripture original audience first APPLICATION What must CHANGE in me? a promise to trust · a sin to confess a command to obey · an example specific and personal STUDY LIKE A BEREAN — FIELD GUIDE 2

02 Set up your cockpit — five minutes, once Everything lives on one screen. Set it up once and it remembers you. 1. Open berean-dashboard.pages.dev — and add it to your Home Screen (Share → Add to Home Screen on iPhone). It installs like an app and keeps working with no signal; it also protects your saved notes. 2. Open your passage. Pick a book and chapter at the top (or type John 3:16 in the box and hit Open ). Your columns show up to four translations side by side — KJV carries the blue Strong's numbers, and the Greek/Hebrew originals ride in their own column with pronunciation under every word. 3. Name a study. On the Notes tab, tap ＋ and name it ("Acts — Week 3"). Your markings and notes stay with that study. 4. Make the legend yours. Open ⛶ Marking legend at the bottom of the Notes tab. Colors for God's character, commands, promises, repeated words, contrasts — decide what each color means to you. Then select any word or phrase in the scripture text to mark it. 5. Turn on the voice, if it helps. On the Partner tab check Read the Partner's answers aloud — and if typing or reading back is the hard part, everything in this guide can be spoken and heard instead. STUDY LIKE A BEREAN — FIELD GUIDE 3

03 Observe — see what it actually says The blue column of the loop. Slow eyes; honest questions. Read the whole chapter once, without stopping. Tap ▶ Read in the top bar to hear the chapter read to you while you follow. Atmosphere first, details second. Then hunt. Who is speaking, and to whom? What words repeat? What contrasts ("but," "rather")? What commands? What "therefore" — and what is it there for? Mark each find with your legend colors right on the text. Write what you see — or say it. Open Notes → Observation . Type, or tap the ⛶ in the notes toolbar and just talk: "Luke contrasts the Bereans with Thessalonica… 'daily' — they searched daily…" Your words land in the note as you speak. Tap ⛶ or press Esc when done. Tap ▶ Read beside it any time to hear your own notes back. Try it now — Acts 17:11. Open it, read it once, and mark: the contrast word that opens the verse, the two things the Bereans did, and the word that tells you how often. Then dictate one sentence into Observation about what "searched" suggests about effort. STUDY LIKE A BEREAN — FIELD GUIDE 4

04 Interpret — dig where you marked The gold column. Context rules, and the original languages are one tap away. Chase a word into the Greek. Tap any blue Strong's number in the KJV — or any word in the originals column — and the Lexicon tab opens it: definition (Thayer's for Greek, BDB for Hebrew), transliteration, pronunciation. In Acts 17:11, tap G350 on "searched" — anakrinō, to examine judicially, the word used for cross-examining evidence. That one tap changes how you read the verse. Keep context king. Read the paragraph before and after. Ask: what did this mean to the people who first heard it? The ‹ › arrows walk you chapter to chapter. Check the teachers — after you've looked yourself. The Guzik tab brings David Guzik's Enduring Word commentary to your verse; the Blog tab surfaces Smith For Christ posts touching your passage. Commentaries confirm and sharpen; they never replace your own look. That order is the Berean posture. Ask the Partner — it asks back. On the Partner tab, type or speak your question (tap ⛶, talk, pause — it sends itself). It sees your passage, your markings, and your notes, and it coaches like a good teacher: pointing you to where to look. Check Conversation — hands-free and you can go back and forth without touching the screen. It knows the inductive method, SOAP, Guzik, MacArthur, David Jeremiah, and Amir Tsarfati — and it will tell you plainly: Scripture outranks every teacher, including itself. Try it now. Ask the Partner: "What does the Greek behind 'searched' add to my focused verse?" — then check its answer against the Lexicon tab yourself. That's not distrust; that's the whole point of the app's name. STUDY LIKE A BEREAN — FIELD GUIDE 5

05 Apply, pray, and bless the table The green column — and the study's outflow. Application is personal or it isn't application. Open Notes → Application and answer plainly: is there a promise here to trust this week? A sin to confess today? A command to obey — and what would obeying it look like Thursday at work? Write (or speak) one specific sentence. One lived sentence beats ten admired paragraphs. Close in prayer. Ask the Partner to close your study in prayer — it will compose one from the very truths you just studied, praise to petition, for you to pray. If you journal SOAP, this is your P. Hand your group something beautiful. Export your study as a print-ready PDF study sheet or a Word document — your legend, your notes, your name on it. The work you did alone becomes the handout on the table. When you want to… Reach for… Hear the chapter or your notes ▶ Read (top bar for scripture · notes toolbar for your notes) Speak instead of type ⛶ — notes toolbar to dictate · Partner box to ask Go hands-free with the Partner Conversation — hands-free checkbox (Esc stops it) Study a word Tap any blue Strong's number, or any Greek/Hebrew word Check a teacher Guzik and Blog tabs — after your own look Fill the screen with one thing ⛶ full-screen notes (Esc returns) Share the finished study Export — elite PDF or Word, from your notes exactly Learn the method deeper Inductive Guide link at the bottom of the app Search the Scriptures daily. The nobility is in the daily. The Berean Dashboard · berean-dashboard.pages.dev Built by Ed Smith · Smith For Christ · Soli Deo Gloria STUDY LIKE A BEREAN — FIELD GUIDE 6