Read the Bible for Life - Workbook: Listen. Understand. Respond

Read the Bible for Life - Workbook by George Guthrie is a participant's guide to a whole-church approach to greater biblical literacy. This study equips individuals and churches to better understand the Bible by introducing readers to its history, genres, interpretation, and proper application to transform lives through reading and studying God's Word. God inspired the biblical writers to use a variety of literary types, including stories, poetry, proverbs, parables, and others.

Read the Bible for Life teaches believers how to read the various types of biblical literature in a way that unlocks God's intended meaning, enabling them to accurately interpret the Bible and appropriately apply its teachings to life. Read the Bible for Life provides tools and a process in the life of a church for ongoing, life-changing training that equips members to understand this grand story and how its various parts fit together. Once people understand the story of Scripture, they can better understand how they fit into that story. (9 sessions with optional 10th group session)

Features:

• Five days of participant homework content and learning activities each week that reinforce the principles taught in the DVD sessions and guide participants to practice the principles
• Three full-color timelines of Bible history
• Discussion questions for 9 weekly small-group sessions, with optional 10th group session

Benefits:

• Helps Christians develop a love and passion for God's Word
• Equips believers to read, understand, and respond to God's Word more effectively by practicing and applying Bible-reading skills to their lives
• Motivates believers to read the Bible consistently and become doers of the Word
• Helps participants grasp the grand story of the Bible and discover how the various parts work together to present God's purposes, will, and ways

George H. Guthrie, author of Read the Bible for Life, is the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He helped establish and is now a Senior Fellow at Union's Ryan Center for Biblical Studies, which is committed to promoting sound Bible reading, study, and interpretation at the grassroots level of the church. Guthrie has also participated in developing or revising several popular Bible translations including the HCSB, English Standard Version, and New Living Translation.