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Howard G. Hendricks, William D. HendricksMoody Publishers / 2007 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$14.494.9 out of 5 stars for Living by the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible, Revised and Updated. View reviews of this product. 42 Reviews
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NC Biblical counselor5 Stars Out Of 5Excellent book, organization could be betterApril 7, 2015NC Biblical counselorQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book was life-changing for me. I could finally study Scripture for myself. I now use it as a teaching tool. The organization is a little unwieldy. I found it necessary to write a flow-sheet to remind myself of the different things I was looking for in a text. It works hard at sticking with principles of hermeneutics. If I had the opportunity, I would probably give it 4.5 stars, but it a book that is well worth having and using.
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Dave JenkinsCaldwell, IdahoAge: 25-34Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Helpful book on ScriptureJanuary 26, 2012Dave JenkinsCaldwell, IdahoAge: 25-34Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Introduction
Many books on how to read and interpret the Bible are written every year, but not many of them stand the test of time. Most of the books of this genre succeed in helping the reader to read the Bible, or to interpret Scripture, but not both. Living By The Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible, by Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks, has stood the test of time by combining how to read the Bible with how to interpret and apply the Word of God.
Summary
In three hundred and seventy-eight pages, Dr. Howard Hendricks and his son William walk their readers through how to read, interpret, and apply the Word of God. In step one, the authors teach the reader how to observe, read, and look for important things in Scripture. Step two guides the readers into understanding the value of interpretation and the five keys to interpretation: 1) Content, 2) context, 3) comparison, 4) culture, and 5) consultation. The final section of the book is on application. Here the Hendricks' explain the process of applying the sermon through four steps of application: 1) know the text and yourself, 2) relate it to your experience, 3) mediate on the truth of Scripture and 4) practice the truth of Scripture.
Critique
Living By The Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible is one of the most helpful books I've read in this genre. While no book on reading, interpreting and applying the Bible can cover every single topic; the authors have accomplished their goal of helping the reader to observe, interpret, and apply the Word of God.
The one (very minor) weakness that this book has is that there is not enough space to work out the ideas the authors taught on. While the authors do provide space at the end of nearly chapter titled "You Try It", these sections could be strengthened if they provided questions for the reader to work through. Even with this very minor weakness the "You Try It" sections are still helpful and cause the reader to think through what they have learned in the chapter.
Conclusion
Books on how to read, interpret and apply the Scripture are written every year, but not many of those books stand the test of time. Living By The Book is written by a seasoned Professor and Bible teacher, Dr. Howard Hendricks and his son William, it will help its readers to think through what the Bible is, and why they should read and study it.
While reading this book, I felt that I was being shepherded to better read, interpret, and apply the Truth of Scripture for myself. Living By The Book is a very helpful introductory book that will help its readers to journey through the Scriptures and engage God's Word like never before.
Title: Living By the Book Workbook: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible
Authors: Dr. Howard and William Hendricks
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jeffAsheville, NCAge: 35-44Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Living By The BookJuly 5, 2018jeffAsheville, NCAge: 35-44Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5The book uses the method of observation, interpretation, application. This book will help you grow in your personal study, teaching and preaching; giving you the ability to handle scripture better, also presents how to use other resourses to get deeper in the Word. I read through it and try to read a chapter every week, chapters are short, easy reading. If you want to grow in the Word of God then pray for understanding, open up your Bible and read and use Living By the Book, it is a process and there are no short cuts; God rewards deligent study and those who daily read the Word.
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bino5 Stars Out Of 5Living by the bookOctober 23, 2014binoQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Great way to learn more about the bible. We read and discuss each chapter in our bible study.
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Nancy EChula VistaAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5study guide for the bibleFebruary 5, 2014Nancy EChula VistaAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5this book was recommended to me by my senior and youth pastors at my church to help me be able to study the bible in a way that is easy to understand but help me grow as well. and it's in a format that is easy to read and do in a decent amount of time, especially when your free time is limited.
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