1. 1 The Interpretive Journey The five-step method the whole book is built on, and the river it is designed to cross. 10 cards
2. 2 Bible translations Why translations differ, the two main approaches to translating, and how manuscripts are weighed. 13 cards
3. 3 How to read sentences Observation at the smallest level: slowing down enough to see what a sentence actually says. 12 cards
4. 4 How to read paragraphs Observation one level up: how sentences within a paragraph are built to work together. 9 cards
5. 5 How to read discourses Observation at the level of whole sections: how paragraphs and episodes connect and turn. 7 cards
6. 6 What we bring to the text Preunderstanding and presuppositions: what every reader carries in, and what to do with it. 9 cards
7. 7 The historical-cultural context The world the text was written in, what to find out about it, and the traps in background study. 9 cards
8. 8 The literary context Genre, and the passages around yours: the two sides of reading a text where it actually sits. 11 cards
9. 9 Word studies The common word-study fallacies, and the three steps of doing one properly. 11 cards
10. 10 Who controls the meaning? Author, text, or reader: where meaning comes from, and the difference between meaning and application. 7 cards
11. 11 Levels of meaning Allegory, fuller meaning, and typology — and how the New Testament uses the Old. 8 cards
12. 12 The role of the Holy Spirit What the Spirit does in interpretation, and what he does not. 7 cards
13. 13 Application Step 5 in detail: getting from a theological principle to a specific, faithful response. 7 cards
14. 14 New Testament letters How ancient letters worked, why they are occasional, and how to tell a cultural command from a timeless one. 9 cards
15. 15 The Gospels What kind of books the Gospels are, reading them horizontally and vertically, and how to handle parables and hyperbole. 11 cards
16. 16 Acts Luke's second volume, its shape, and the central question of how to tell description from instruction. 9 cards
17. 17 Revelation A letter, a prophecy, and an apocalypse at once: the main approaches, how to read its symbols, and the visions of Daniel behind them. 11 cards
18. 18 Old Testament narrative The Old Testament's largest genre: the elements of a story, and how to tell what the narrator thinks. 10 cards
19. 19 Old Testament law Where the law sits in the covenant, why the three-way division falls short, and how to apply any law through the journey. 10 cards
20. 20 Old Testament poetry Parallelism, figures of speech, and how the Psalms work as words spoken to God. 10 cards
21. 21 The prophets Who the prophets were, when they spoke, their three-part message, and how to read their imagery, predictions, and promises. 15 cards
22. 22 Wisdom Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes: how the norm and its limits work together, and how to apply a proverb without turning it into a promise. 12 cards
23. 23 Telling the genres apart How to recognise which kind of writing you are reading, where each genre is found, and the first question each one asks of you. 11 cards

These cards follow the structure and method of Grasping God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible, by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays (Zondervan Academic, fourth edition). They are a study aid written in our own words, not the book and not a replacement for it. The method is learned by doing the book's exercises, which no set of cards can do for you. The passages on the cards are ours, chosen to show each point.