Life from the Living Word: A guide to help understand the Bible

Are you someone who wants more confidence in reading, understanding and applying the Bible?

If so, here is a book for you.

Packed with worked examples, fun sketches, illustrations and diagrams, "Life from the Living Word" outlines an accessible, easy-to-use guide to help you effectively engage with any text of Scripture.

The book takes you through a simple and easy to remember method - a series of questions to ask of any Bible text based on three stages: Observe, Understand and Apply. Packed with encouragement and application along the way, each chapter outlines the principles with worked examples, and has short exercises for you to try. Detailed suggested thoughts by way of "answer" are then provided in an appendix so you can reflect on your learning.

Throughout the book the language is kept simple so that it is suitable for beginners or those with English as their second language. For further reading there are also boxes containing "Additional Tips" and "Dangers to Avoid" and references to other helpful resources.

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced Bible teacher, you will finish this book better equipped to listen to God in his living Word, and so experience his transforming power in your life.

Stuart Creed is the founder and CEO of Living Word International a UK charity committed to supporting indigenous Bible teaching ministries in Africa. His passion is to equip others with easy-to-read, accessible resources, that they may better study and make sense of the Bible, and so come to know Jesus better, the Lord of the living Word. He was educated at Bristol University, Oakhill Theological College and the Cornhill Training Course and has been a regular teacher of the Bible for over 30 years. He is also the founder of Living Word Uganda. He is married to Julia and they have been blessed with three children.