The Bible is for everyone ... and you can handle it!
You Can Handle the Truth is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to biblical interpretation (or hermeneutics), equipping everyday believers to read and heed God’s Word.
Struggle to read your Bible on a regular basis? Find some parts confusing, complicated or even contradictory? Wonder how to make sense of certain passages, or question its relevance to your day-to-day life? Rest assured, you are not alone! While Christians are often encouraged to study and obey the Scriptures ... very few are taught how.
In this book, you'll be mentored on how to: choose a translation, read your Bible effectively, discover a text's meaning, consider context, see the Scriptures as a unified story leading to Christ, discern between literal and non-literal passages, find personal significance, and share it with others.
Its purpose is to present long-established principles of biblical interpretation to a new generation of Bible students.
You Can Handle the Truth also includes:
- informative articles and original illustrations
- links to exclusive bonus content
- further reading recommendations
- comprehensive endnotes, topic and scripture indexes
˃˃˃ What others are saying:
Chad Mansbridge has provided an invaluable service to anyone interested in reading and understanding the Bible. His informal and cheerful style, mixed with rich and practical content, makes this little volume a resource that can be readily utilised as a guide for personal study, or as an excellent teaching resource for an introduction to biblical interpretation. Bruce W. Gore, MA, JD Adjunct Professor of Theology, Whitworth University (retired); Author.
In You Can Handle the Truth, Chad Mansbridge ... has taken the complex subject of hermeneutics and, through his use of humour, stories and examples, made it accessible to the wide audience in the church. I recommend this work to anyone who wants to confidently read the Scriptures in a more thorough and meaningful way. Phillip Barnard, PhD, fmr Teaching Pastor and Senior Lecturer at Hillsong Church London and Hillsong Ministry School London.
˃˃˃ Video Mentoring Course also available
www.chadmansbridge.com/courses
This companion course to the book contains over five-and-a-half hours of quality content, delivered direct-to-camera by Chad himself, in his humorous, engaging and relaxed style. Perfectly suited to a small-group or bible-study environment, the course is offered in three different packages: personal, small group and ministry school editions. Lesson One is available free, in full, and online at www.chadmansbridge.com/courses.
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˃˃˃ Hermeneutics is for everyone!
Over the last forty years there have been noble attempts to write on the subject of hermeneutics for a broad, non-academic, audience ... but many books on this issue remain complicated and go above-the-heads of the average Christian reader. This is especially the case with the X-Y-Z demographic.
You Can Handle the Truth has appeal for pastors seeking a comprehensive resource to recommend to their people (study groups, leaders, interns, etc), yet at the same time is written in an easy-going and conversational style (complete with humorous anecdotes, quizzes, personal stories, illustrations, articles, and more), to keep a younger audience engaged.
Its message is simple: The Bible is for everyone ... and you can handle it!
'Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth’ (2 Timothy 2:15).
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www.chadmansbridge.com Husband to Jaye and father to four, Chad M. Mansbridge is also a pastor, author, content creator, conference speaker, and one of Australia's most dynamic Bible teachers-known for his ability to communicate profound and complex truth with clarity, simplicity, and a whole lot of fun. A loveable Aussie larrikin with an infectious zest for life, Chad carries an unshakable desire to see people walk in an authentic and unhindered relationship with their Maker, and is regularly invited to speak at churches, colleges, and conference events throughout Australia and overseas. Follow Chad on your favourite social media platform: @Chad.M.Mansbridge.
