SEVEN STUDY LENSES
Trace before you summarize.
Follow development across context and genre. Do not force every passage to say the same thing in the same way.
Character
Power
Service
Accountability
Succession
Legacy
KEY PASSAGE PATHWAYS
Exodus 18
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
Deuteronomy 17–18
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
1 Samuel 8–16
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
Ezekiel 34
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
Mark 10
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
Acts 20
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
1 Timothy 3
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
1 Peter 5
Read literary context, name the theme's role here, then compare later use.
THEOLOGICAL INTEGRITY
Connection is not collapse.
A faithful biblical-theology map preserves each passage's voice, historical horizon, covenant location, genre, and development before drawing a Bible-wide conclusion.