Full Description
Simple Questions to Ask Every Time You Open Your Bible
We all know that we should read our Bibles—yet at times we struggle with knowing exactly how, no matter how long we've followed Jesus. In this empowering book, Professor Matthew Harmon walks us through two simple sets of questions to ask every time we open our Bibles:
Understanding the Bible:
1. What do we learn about God?
2. What do we learn about people?
3. What do we learn about relating to God?
4. What do we learn about relating to others?
Applying the Bible:
1. What does God want me to understand?
2. What does God want me to believe?
3. What does God want me to desire?
4. What does God want me to do?
Arming you with practical ways to get to the heart of any passage, this book will help position you to experience the joy that results from being transformed by God's Word.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Laying the Foundation
1. The Story We Find Ourselves In
2. The Bible Is God's Tool to Change Us
Part 2: Reading the Bible
3. Reading the Bible as Jesus Did
4. Written for Us but Not to Us
5. Four Foundational Questions
Part 3: Reading Our Lives
6. The Gospel Pattern of Life
7. The Fallen Condition
8. The Gospel Solution
9. Applying the Bible to Our Whole Lives
10. The Power to Obey
Conclusion
Additional Resources
Resource 1: Tips for Understanding and Applying Different Kinds of Passages
Resource 2: A Word to Pastors, Sunday School Teachers, and Small Group Leaders
Resource 3: At a Glance: Asking the Right Questions
General Index
Scripture Index
