How to Read, Interpret, & Apply the Bible

Those who desire to live godly in today's world must be equipped with the Word of God. God's Word has to be read, interpreted correctly, and applied to your life for you to walk in His will.

What will follow for the next 22 weeks is an overview of Grasping God's Word A Hands-On Approah to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible. The authors of the book are J. Scott Duvall & J. Daniel Hays. I strongly urge you to consider adding this book to your personal library of Christian literature as you will be tremendously blessed by it. A workbook is also available for the book that has exercises so you can apply what you learned in the chapters.

Part 1: How to Read the Book-Basic Tools

Week 1-The Interpretive Journey 08-27-07
Week 2-How to Read the Book Sentences 09-03-07
Week 3-How to Read the Book Paragraphs 09-10-07
Week 4-How to Read the Book Discourses 09-17-07

Part 2: Contexts-Now and Then

Week 5-What Do We Bring to the Text? 09-24-07
WeeK 6-The Historical-Cultural Context 10-01-07
Week 7-The Literary Context 10-08-07
Week 8-Word Studies 10-15-07
Week 9-Bible Translations 10-22-07

Part 3: Meaning and Application

Week 10-Who Controls the Meaning? 10-29-07
Week 11-Levels of Meaning 11-05-07
Week 12-The Role of the Holy Spirit 11-12-07
Week 13-Application 11-19-07

Part 4: The Interpretive Journey-New Testament

Week 14-New Testament-Letters 11-26-07
Week 15-New Testament-Gospels 12-03-07
Week 16-New Testament-Acts 12-10-07
Week 17-New Testament Revelation 12-17-07

Part 5: The Interpretive Journey-Old Testament

Week 18-Old Testament-Narrative 12-24-07
Week 19-Old Testament-Law 12-31-07
Week 20-Old Testament Poetry 01-07-07
Week 21-Old Testament Prophets 01-14-07
Week 22-Old Testament-Wisdom 01-21-07