Genius! Puritan Notetaking System

[@timeichorst2221]

I've been using the miscellanies system since your "Ultimate Bible Notetaking System" video last year. It's made a huge difference in my ability to retain, make connections in, and ultimately love God's Word. I use loose leaf paper in a three-ring binder. I find that each binder can hold about 200 - 250 sheets comfortably, then when each is out of space I set up a new binder with the next letter in the alphabet. I find that this makes it easier to intersperse new notes on older passages in case you run out of space on the original page.

[@xti2020]

Obsidian is great for this

[@NonNobis-Domine]

Indeed and there are tutorials on how to integrate bibles into it. So you can then either create notes within the Obsidian or even on in the bible itself.

[@Sujowi]

Making your own journals is very satisfying.

[@sunniedaze23]

I love this! Thank you! Also Merry Christmas and God bless! 🙏

[@Dinjek]

Thanks for sharing this. The Puritans interest me. I'm a descendent of a Puritan who came over on the Winthrop fleet in 1630

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

Glad to see there’s an online option for the class

[@billherman5161]

Sounds a lot like the Zettelkasten method of note taking. There are several software packages make it easy and the Logos Bible software notes option allows for similar note taking capabilities.

[@JimKinkade]

Who clicks on and watches a video entitled “puritan notetaking system”? I mean besides me.

[@lewismiller6952]

Couldn't click on it fast enough

[@RachelRamey]

Apparently a lot of us 😆

[@TradForChrist]

Hehehe

[@Love-God-People-Truth]

ha ha here I AM, 71 year old learner

[@keithbird4903]

I did!

[@DarrenWalley]

Merry Christmas Pastor Matthew & Merry Christmas to everybody watching this. 👀 Best wishes from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🙏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Ma-uk3ke]

I've never learned more or gotten better ideas from a 13-minute video. Absolutely brilliant!

[@billblanchette3604]

The drawings you showed remind me of view I've seen of Obsidian, the linking between the notes can really open up powerful concepts through that correlation

[@passage2enBleu]

I have a system that uses predetermined icons for each entry according to subject. Each journal is numbered according to my age at the time of starting it, and a title given that may describe an important key of understanding at the time, so cross-referencing is very fast and visually descriptive. The only numbers i would incorporate are page numbers. It's the Icons that work in fast retrieval of relevant category. Index can be compiled at the back with icons as major content list with page numbers where these relevant entries are found. Having diverse interests makes a good recording and retrieval system essential.

[@joshuajenkins2648]

This sounds like a precursor to the Zettelkasten system. It’s interesting that he had a similar method in place before the Zettelkasten was developed. I wonder if the creators of the Zettelkasten drew inspiration from his approach.

[@jimmu2008]

Merry Christmas, Pastor Matthew.

[@898moe]

This is by far the most helpful video I've watched in a long time.

[@RachelRamey]

I also have a *looseleaf* Bible, which is very helpful for storing notes with.

[@afterdarkness-light]

Perfect timing for this video. The beginning of a new year and the beginning of a way to document my study. Thank you.

[@nobodybutzach]

Edwards sure had a fascinating intellect.

[@donaldsproson2494]

Thanks, Matthew, amazing he found time to do all this. Have a blessed Christmas.

[@maryl.7226]

He didn’t have the internet to distract him.

[@DwellWithChrist]

Ive noticed that ESV has shifted away from the interleaved Bible to their ESV Scripture journals. I think they even have spiral ESV Scripture journals now. Great video, brother!

[@MysTarey]

Please stream that course so I can learn more!

[@derek17734]

God given insights and giftedness. Reminds me.of 'Mind Maps' a skill taught by Tony Buzan, now available even in free software (by other names) on the internet. Extremely useful..the way the mind (my mind) works :-)

[@caryannvincent8179]

Reminds me of certain bullet journal systems

[@JasonJones1162]

Enjoyed this. Checked your channel, and I would guess this obviously got served to me because of the note taking part. But, it was enjoyable. Thanks for the video!

[@MatthewEverhard]

Fair enough!

[@AvaGld2309]

This was so helpful. I think I can finally commonplace.

[@onedayatatime980]

This is extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@dccd673]

Stephen Nichols did a whole teaching on Edwards as well and I’ve been eager to hear more about him ever since!

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

My main Bible already does this. It's the Thompson Chain Reference Bible. My version is from 1984 and has both large print and wide margins. If you need more space for idea expansion, then a separate notebook would work, whether physical or digital (Althoug I prefer Digital for ease of searching, transfer, safekeeping and idea modifications). No need to carry two books around.

[@trevortheclever1689]

Fascinating.

[@shiny888]

Excellent! Very grateful.. subscribed. ✝🙏❤

[@AmericanShia786]

Whether one likes or hates "Calvinism" (and I like Calvinism), some of the best thinkers in Christianity are from the Reformed (Calvinist) school. My list is not in any order, but the 5 "Calvinists" who I admire the most through the mid 1700s are (in no particular order) are: 1) John Calvin 2) Thomas Cramner 3) Zacharius Ursinus 4) Nehemiah Coxe 5) Jonathan Edwards If one doesn't think a Particular Baptist is really Reformed, I would put James Usher on the list instead. These are my personal favorites from the period. I read about them and study their works, along with the Confessions and Catechisms of those times. The only American on the list is Jonathan Edwards. His methods of study and note taking can indeed be used with or without a computer. Thanks for making another, even better, video on the study and research habits of Jonathan Edwards.

[@walterwillis603]

Regarding the Images notebook, Donald Barnhouse said "all of life illustrates Bible doctrine..." I am sure Edwards would have agreed.

[@michaelroots6931]

Wow, it’s above my pay grade. Sounds like a very good system to start when you’re young.

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Seems to me more like "effort" to get started. I'm personally starting on a new notetaking system (because I've changed translations and the wide margins are not available) that is both written and digitally expanded and I'm pretty sure I'm as old as you. Leaves a treasure trove of notes for those who inherit your works. Nice to leave something for them to think about.

[@michaelroots6931]

@ I’m 62. If I was a lot younger I probably would have started.

[@LighthouseForYaH]

​@@michaelroots6931 You still can do it.

[@JoeSpring]

I'd love to hear more about how you combine digital and written records. At times when I get tired of screens I favour my moleskine, but those writing just seem to disappear into an offline ether.

[@corradosomebroyo4286]

What were the theologians and other scholars that Edwards looked up to, referenced, and were informed by? What classes did he take in Seminary that helped aided his education?

[@gondala]

i think the basic idea here is that, you make some notes, then put it with number, then make index, so you can search it later on.

[@richardgray8593]

Sounds similar to the Zettelkasten system. There are tons of Zettelkasten videos on KZbin.

[@ubespam5477]

I love us Reformed Christians. RPCNA here myself. But I disagree on the tiny point on calling the Puritans ancient. The Catholic Christians and Orthodox Christians (theology aside) just on a purely, historic basis are the only ones that can rightly be called "ancient." Anyway, love your videos, Pastor Everhard! Keep 'em coming!

[@oshea2300]

The Catholics were not the original christians. There were other Christians around before the Catholics the Catholics were the ones that were the apostates. Look at all the people that killed... Like the waldensians.. the anabaptists.. the donatists.. and all the other ancient Christians they were slaughtered by Rome.

[@oshea2300]

The original Christians never had to come out of the Catholic Church they were never in the Catholic Church

[@ubespam5477]

To be fair, our Protestant Fathers recognized the corruption in Catholic doctrine, but they did affirm that the Roman Catholic Church is a Christian Church and Roman Catholics are indeed Christians. And I say that as a hardcore RPCNA member. “We on our part confess that in the papacy there are true Christians, even many great and devoted saints.” - Martin Luther “We do not deny that the churches under his [the pope’s] tyranny remain churches; but we contend that they are smothered and oppressed by a kind of pestilential tyranny which we are bound to oppose.” - John Calvin “Let no one think that I wish to condemn those who are in the papacy… for among them there are many pious souls who are indeed God’s own.” - Ulrich Zwingli “The Church of Rome is doubtless a part of the visible Christian Church, though dreadfully corrupted.” - Jonathan Edwards

[@MJS-PS144]

How do you know if a Christian is reformed? Don't worry, they'll be sure to let you know 🤣 Love, your brother, a Charasmatic Evangelical ❤️

[@afterdarkness-light]

​@@MJS-PS144I am not charismatic but I agree with your assessment of many Reformed believers.

[@yohanesliong4818]

Great video. Thank you

[@Yesica1993]

Did he make his "blank Bible" himself? Did he have a craftsman do it? I would love to see that, along with the notebooks. Do you know if they are publicly accessible in a museum somewhere?

[@seekthelord-kjv]

Thank you, Pastor Matthew, very informative video. By the way, how is the Jonathan Edwards study Bible coming. When can we expect it?

[@pastorneill1551]

Haven’t you done this video before Matt?

[@toranshaw4029]

The part with the miscellanies does sound (a tad) like an early form of Zettelkasten, that was popularised by the German sociologist Niklas Luhmann... it's a system that's become rather popular in the personal knowledge management (PKM) world. 🙂

[@jamesbarksdale978]

I've created a similar system based on your videos. Don't write nearly enough! Merry Christmas!

[@suburbanbanshee]

This is interesting, but it also shows the weakness of relying on paper and pen, instead of primarily taking notes in "memory palaces" inside one's own head, with books being designed and used as memorization aids that could be shared. That was how scholars did their work from prehistoric times up until about the 1600's, which was why Edwards was "inventing" a way to do memory palaces on paper. Of course, it does make Edward's way of thinking a lot easier to follow for today's scholars, heh!

[@rosbyduhart5884]

I was given a bunch of books by Steven Lawson. Because of his fall do you think his books should be consumed?

[@michaelmorrow7280]

I personally have no problem reading his books, because of his fall,but if your conscience forbids it you may want to listen to it. To me many Reformers had their sins, anger Luther, Calvin -Michael Servatis ,ect. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

[@N81999]

Its fine God uses crooked sticks to draw straight lines. With that said he shouldnt be in ministry now

[@John14Verse6]

@@N81999Better throw out everything our father David wrote, oh wait, God didn’t so why hold to a standard that God does not hold? David did not lose his kingdom after he fell. Also, what law of God did Lawson break?

[@rosbyduhart5884]

Thanks for the input...I think I will keep them. I'm not Reformed ...but I have a high regard for the movement. Merry Christmas all.

[@moniesincere5083]

Great question!

[@LUKEc16v31]

I wish there was a Study Bible version of the blank page Bible. I know there is the ESV Journaling Study Bible but a blank page instead of a 2" margin would be better IMHO

[@TheJMan31]

Crossway makes an interleaved ESV Bible. It’s not the Study Bible probably because you couldn’t make a one volume Bible that thick

[@LUKEc16v31]

@@TheJMan31 Yes, that point was made. I think that interleaved ESV study Bible is do-able depending on font size and how many notes are included. It could eliminate all the articles at the end and the concordance. JMHO. However, the market may not be there for an edition like that.

[@wolves201]

No Logos or other bible apps to help with study. Just the bible in the main and their own thoughts.

[@jamesmiller210]

Where can I purchase, The Theology of Joy?

[@donnaeturner]

Have you forgotten Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas?

[@MonVonalot]

Have you tried Logseq?

[@VickersJon]

Do you think Edwards would have had the same impact, a greater impact, or a worse impact if he was in his prime now?

[@isaiahfiftyfiveseven]

Brothers I think if we used index cards instead of the blank bible or notebooks in order of the bible we could do this more efficiently but my ADHD stops me being organised. What do you guys think could we use index cards?

[@SojournerDidimus]

This seems to have quite some overlap with the Everbook system by pastor Bryan Wolfmueller. Though the primary focus is planning and capturing ideas, it's a small step from idea capturing to what Edwards seems to have done. (Totally a plug, with zero conflict of interest)

[@t0dd000]

zettelkasten system … but the notebook version.

[@danielboone8256]

Interesting note system. Might try it myself since I already have extensive notes. Two unrelated things: Your blue eyes are striking, and I think Calvinism presents a wicked model of God. I’ve seen it cause psychological harm to myself and others before I knew better. I hope you present a more loving and merciful God than the one I often see in Reformed circles.

[@supersmart671]

Pastor Matt, interleave Bible seems to be available in ESV, is there a NKJV?

[@twilagitschlag5662]

Yes Thomas Nelson has a nkjv

[@carldebeer3679]

I bought mine from Amazon! Had it for quite a while.

[@michealferrell1677]

What was Edwards end time view?

[@edrymaths9464]

Historic postmillenialism.

[@michealferrell1677]

@ Thanks

[@jaydee4348]

The Puritan time frame isn't "Ancient".

[@reformationmission]

I was excited to watch this video until I heard, "Romans is going to have more notes than Leviticus" (7:36). Seriously? How many more chapters are in Leviticus than Romans? This is the problem with reformed thinking. Paul's epistles to the Romans was based on wisdom gained from years of study in the book of Leviticus along with the other five books of Moses, and the prophets, but we modern western Christians just don't get it, and have divorced ourselves from the so called "old testament". If Jesus came to remove, invalidate, or give us a different law than what was already given, he would have been a false prophet, according to scripture. Yet we modern Christians have forsaken the law, by misunderstanding Paul, even though we were warned by Peter, that he was hard to understand by those who were unlearned. Unlearned in what? Philosophy? Biology? Mathematics? Or the law/scriptures that Paul would have memorized at a young age at the feet of Gamaliel? Romans is beautiful, don't get me wrong, but it is merely a summary of the theology of the old testament. Our note taking of the summary epistle should not be greater than the notes on the full text!

[@alexglase765]

Romans is more dense than Leviticus. Old Testament books tend to make their point in a more drawn out way, at least imo. That's probably what he meant.

[@ReubenNathaniel]

Roam Researchhh

[@jwoldner3926]

When you gana do it or are you just go on like a info comerci

[@wolfich4684]

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[@mrphilwicklund]

Notetaking systems are pointless now... just barf your notes in a google doc and connect it to NotebookLM then ask the AI tell you what you said about X, Y, Z... notes are just "data" now (though I suppose THIS is a system too, lol)

[@tnowandthen-t8t]

This system is NOT genius! It may very well be INgenius, but it is not genius. Genius is a NOUN, not an adjective nor an adverb.