Reading Scripture as the Word of God
Author: George Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780892831524
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Sensing God
Author: Roger Ferlo
Publisher: Cowley Publications
Published: 2001-11-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1461624126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThink of all the senses you use when you pick up a Bible. What do you see? What do you smell? What do you touch? Reading scripture attentively is more than a matter of sight. Most of us have been taught to think about God in visual terms, yet the very subject matter of scripture—our relationship with the fullness of God—makes irresistible demands upon all of our senses if we are to begin to understand anything about God. In these meditations on stories from the New Testament, Roger Ferlo shows us how to read the Bible in a “full-bodied” way, with all the senses attuned. For just as a printed recipe cannot substitute for a mouth-watering feast, so the Bible must be brought to life through the senses. Its stories must be seen, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted. Only then, Ferlo believes, can we truly begin to encounter in our lives the Word of God to us in scripture. Sensing God is one of our series of Cowley Cloister Books: smaller format, gift edition books designed for meditative and devotional reading.
Unleashing the Word
Author: Max McLean
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-11-03
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 0310323460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern society is awash in words. An auditory tidal wave cascades from our televisions, radios, media players, and the Internet. Today’s distracted worshippers often feel spiritually shortchanged when the Scriptures are spoken without passion and power. This lively and encouraging resource is the collaboration of a gifted Bible narrator and a mentor to church leaders. In it they show how churches can train their own teams of Scripture readers. These laypeople can—with enthusiasm, conviction, and passion—”unleash the Word of God,” and prepare hearts to receive the message. Spoken well, the Word of God opens and penetrates the listener’s heart. Simple, straightforward, and culturally relevant, this unique book provides the necessary tools to teach you how to read the Bible aloud, in a way that communicates its life-changing power!
Reading the Bible Supernaturally
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2017-04-13
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 143355352X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bible reveals glorious things. And yet we often miss its power because we read it the same way we read any other book. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, best-selling author John Piper teaches us how to read the Bible in light of its divine author. In doing so, he highlights the Bible's unique ability to reveal God to humanity in a way that informs our minds, transforms our hearts, and ignites our love. With insights into the biblical text drawn from decades of experience studying, preaching, and teaching Scripture, Piper helps us experience the transformative power of God's Word—a power that extends beyond the mere words on the page. Ultimately, Piper shows us that in the seemingly ordinary act of reading the Bible, something supernatural happens: we encounter the living God.
A Peculiar Glory
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2016-03-16
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1433552663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGod has provided a way for all people, not just scholars, to know that the Bible is the Word of God. John Piper has devoted his life to showing us that the glory of God is object of the soul’s happiness. Now, his burden in this book is to demonstrate that this same glory is the ground of the mind’s certainty. God’s peculiar glory shines through his Word. The Spirit of God enlightens the eyes of our hearts. And in one self-authenticating sight, our minds are sure and our hearts are satisfied. Justified certainty and solid joy meet in the peculiar glory of God.
Reading Scripture Canonically
Author: Mark S. Gignilliat
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2019-06-18
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1493418009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVeteran Old Testament teacher Mark Gignilliat explores the theological and hermeneutical instincts that are necessary for reading, understanding, and communicating Scripture faithfully. He takes seriously the gains of historical criticism while insisting that the Bible must be interpreted as Christian Scripture, offering students a "third way" that assigns proper proportion to both historical and theological concerns. Reading and engaging Scripture requires not only historical tools, Gignilliat says, but also recognition of the living God's promised presence through the Bible.
Enjoying the Bible
Author: Matthew Mullins
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1493421956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany Christians view the Bible as an instruction manual. While the Bible does provide instruction, it can also captivate, comfort, delight, shock, and inspire. In short, it elicits emotion--just like poetry. By learning to read and love poetry, says literature professor Matthew Mullins, readers can increase their understanding of the biblical text and learn to love God's Word more. Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed to help readers put the book's principles and practices into action.
Read the Bible for Life
Author: George H. Guthrie
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0805464549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuthrie presents a layperson's guide to understanding how to read the Bible in context so that its teachings are illuminated and can be fully applied to every facet of daily life.
Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God
Author: Vern S. Poythress
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2016-03-16
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1433543273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiblical interpretation is typically viewed as concerned with understanding the human author’s intended meaning. However, for Christians, the Bible is first and foremost God’s Word and must be understood in that light. Helping Christians approach the Bible with God in mind, this book sets forth a more nuanced approach to biblical interpretation that pays attention to both the human and divine origins of these sacred texts. Whether it’s reviewing the three basic steps of interpretation or emphasizing the importance of paying attention to the Christ-centered character of both the Old and New Testaments, this book is a much-needed resource for the church as it wrestles to defend the authority of Scripture in our increasingly relativistic world.
Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus
Author: Brian J. Wright
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017-12-01
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1506438490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMuch of the contemporary discussion of the Jesus tradition has focused on aspects of oral performance, storytelling, and social memory, on the premise that the practice of communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE. Brian J. Wright overturns the premise that communal reading of written texts was a phenomenon documented no earlier than the second century CE by examining evidence for its practice in the first century.
