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The Bible Literacy Starter Kit: what it is and what it isn't.

Most Bible resources give you more content to consume, another reading plan, another devotional, another set of notes.

The Starter Kit is different. It gives you a method. Specifically, the S3 Framework: a structured approach to reading any passage of Scripture with clarity and context.

This is not a devotional. It is a training resource. You will read it, work through it, and practise it, and when you close it, you will approach Scripture differently than you did before you opened it.

It is a structured training resource

A method for reading Scripture.
A worked example. A practice sheet.
A clear next step.

It is not a devotional or Bible plan

It won't give you five days of reflections or a reading schedule. It will give you a framework that works on any passage, any time.

It is not for those looking for inspiration

If you want encouragement or motivation, this isn't your resource. If you want to actually understand what you're reading — it is.

You've been in church. You read the Bible, but something still isn't clicking. This is where structure begins.

It's for believers ready to understand

Inside the Starter Kit: the S3 Framework

The S3 Framework is the core tool introduced in the Starter Kit. Three questions you ask of every passage before you reach for a personal application. Here's a preview.

S1

Every passage sits inside a larger narrative.
Before asking what a verse means for you, ask where it sits in the grand narrative of Scripture.

Story - Where does this sit?

"Structure doesn't restrict Scripture, it protects its meaning. And meaning builds confidence."

S2

S3

Setting - Who wrote this, and to whom?

No passage was written into a vacuum. Understanding who wrote it, who received it, and what was happening at the time protects you from reading your own situation into the text. Context protects meaning.

Style - What kind of writing is this?

The Bible contains narrative, poetry, law, prophecy, and letters. Each communicates truth differently. Reading poetry as history, or a letter as a direct command, creates misunderstanding. Genre shapes interpretation.

The Bible Literacy Starter Kit

A training resource, not a devotional.

Introduces the S3 Framework and shows you exactly how structured reading works on a real passage of Scripture.

→ The S3 Framework explained clearly.

→ A worked example using Jeremiah 29:11, one of the most misread verses in Scripture

→ A practice sheet to try the method yourself

→ Your next step with 3710

Free Resource

What comes after the Starter Kit

When you're ready for systematic training, the 12-week Biblical Literacy Programme teaches the full Contextual Method — cohort-based, practice-led, with real feedback. Applications for the founding cohort open soon.

Every week, 3710 Collective publishes a short teaching that takes one passage of Scripture and walks through it using the S3 Framework. Its how the method becomes a habit. You'll start receiving it automatically after downloading the Starter Kit.

Next Step 1

What comes after the Starter Kit

Next Step 2

The 12 Week Programme

Not sure if this is for you?

Read about what 3710 Collective is, who it's built for, and why it exists. If the problem we describe sounds familiar, the Starter Kit is the right place to begin.

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