Recently I decided to start learning how to diagram, so I bought myself a book to learn. I bought Diagrammatical Analysis by Lee L. Kantenwein. The book is an endless quagmire of examples. What I did not find very helpful from this book is that there are no explanations on how to get to the end result of those examples. I probably just have to slow things down and go through the book step-by-step. I went through the Introduction to get an idea of what we are dealing with, and then I did a quick scan through the rest of the book to find out what is waiting for me down the line.
So, as you can see, I am not a “diagrammer.” Through the 1980s and 1990s, I would underline verses and make comments in the margins about those verses, and then through the 2000s and 2010s I applied a more visual approach with drawn icons, lists and comments.
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| Image 1: Underlining and comments |
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| Image 2: Visual approach with icons and comments |
To start off then, I have put together a few resources that I’ve found on the web to get me going in the right direction.
I am sure there are many more diagramming resources, but for now, I am starting here:
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Article | Introductory Sentence Diagramming For Dummies A Beginning How-To In the Long Lost (and Necessary) Art |
| Video | Grace Bible Church - Equipping Hour: Diagramming for Dummies - October 26, 2014 |
| Video | Grace Bible Church - Equipping Hour: Diagramming for Dummies - November 2, 2014 |
| Video | Grace Bible Church - Equipping Hour: Diagramming for Dummies - November 9, 2014 |
| Video | Grace Bible Church - Equipping Hour: Diagramming for Dummies - November 16, 2014 |
| Video | Grace Bible Church - Equipping Hour: Diagramming for Dummies - November 23, 2014 |
BTW, I do know of John Piper’s way of studying Scripture through arcing.
If you know of more resources to help with diagramming Scripture, please me know in the comment section below.
