One problem I see with tools such as Logos/Verbum is that they provide the tools for using particular methods/techniques but rarely the training to use them. (The academic blog provided the few exceptions that come to mind.) And while there are books illustrating the use of the methods, there is nothing directing one's attention to the methods. This post gave me a brilliant idea:
Please create a "study a monograph" feature which does the following:
- Creates a reading plan based on chapters or major headings - number of entries based on the text not the user.
- For each day's reading produces a synopsis/reading of the day's reading.
- For each day's reading produces a question & answer sheet which (a) reproduces the discussion questions in the text if they lack entry boxes and (b) creates questions that emphasize the content of the text and how the case for the author's position is being built. Provide the questions in two options - one for high school graduates/college freshman and one for entry level seminarians.
- Allow the resulting package to be edited by the user to create a finished product for a book discussion group.
