Verse Mapping


I was sent a set of Verse Mapping resources by Kristy Cameron for review. This made me very happy as I have been interested in them for months but had not been able to see a copy or an example of the interior pages.

My daughter and I decided to do a joint study, she using the girls Bible and I with the regular adult version. She was VERY happy that the Girls version was NOT in pink. 

girls version pictured below
What was wonderful is the commentary and notes in the girls version may be more simplified, but it isnt dumbed down.

Verse Mapping is a more friendly version of "Bible diagramming" in which instead of grammatical diagramming of sentences,  the verses and meaning are deciphered without going into parts of speech.

Rather than using the trite "put this verse into your own words" method, the reader is encouraged to look at the verse, the context, meanings and to back it up with more scripture.  This introduces biblical scholarship, and proper study.

From Kristy:

The process is simple. Here’s what we’ll do:

(1.) VERSESelect and write your verse(s) to map.

(2.) DESIGNWrite your verse(s) in 2-4 different translations. Pick out key words or phrases that stand out.

(3.) DEVELOPMENTLook up key words or phrases in Hebrew/Greek. Write down definitions, synonyms, and root words. Discover and note underlying meaning in verse(s).

(4.) ACTIONSResearch and document what tells the story in this verse(s) through the people, places, and context referenced. Draw connections to other concepts in Scripture.

(5.) OUTCOMEDocument what you’ve learned in a 1-2 sentence summary of the mapping journey, making it the anchor to life application.

The Verse Mapping Journal is set up to pretty much be able to do an indepth study on a verse a week. I believe there were 54 complete pages.

The set up is a bit peculiar in its lay out. That makes it feel incomplete or just a lazy graphic design layout. The starting page begins with steps 4 & 5, rather than 1, 2, & 3 which are on the reverse rather than the facing page.


I would LOVE for there to be an electronic version, a ebook/pdf of the journal as Crossway's ESV has done so that it could be utilized in the GoodNotes app for "paperless" study.
 Visit the author's website for more information:

Purchase at Amazon:

Verse Mapping Bible Study Journal: Deepen Your Bible Reading and Unpack the Meaning of Scripture https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0310124018/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_apa_glc_fabc_RMP9CRMNC4THDE5RDA65


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