Read the Bible for Life
In light of the current sermon series at Church of the Saviour, I thought George Guthrie’s new book could be of interest to many of you.
Reading the Bible for Life: Your Guide to Understanding and Living God’s Word
From Publisher’s Weekly:
As a Bible scholar at Union University, one of the oldest American universities in the Southern Baptist tradition, Guthrie has tracked the decline in biblical literacy with consternation. With earlier books (The Structure of Hebrews and Biblical Greek Exegesis) best suited for academia, Guthrie has switched gears to produce a reader-friendly, digestible, biblical literacy study program that includes this book as well as a participant’s workbook, study leader’s CD-ROM, and three DVDs for group use. Anyone touched by the English language or Western culture, argues Guthrie, should be conversant in biblical literature. Through informal kitchen-table conversations with evangelical scholars, Guthrie guides the reader through a study of historical context, differences in Bible translations, varieties of literary genres, and finally a heartfelt devotional on how to read the Bible in a postmodern world.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJPBmaVKlQ]
