Category

Engaging with Scripture

Understanding Scripture

Understanding and Using the Bible

International Study Guide (ISG 41)
Jonathan Lamb, Chris Wright (editors) (2009)
Publisher's Description: The book is in two parts. Part One explores key Christian belief about the Bible and why it matters; encourages effective use and application of the Bible in different cultural and social contexts; teaches on right and wrong…
Richard
March 22, 2010
Bible PreachingUnderstanding Scripture

Africa Bible Commentary Series

Africa Bible Commentary Series
"The Africa Bible Commentary Series builds on the vision of the acclaimed Africa Bible Commentary — to reach African pastors, students and lay leaders, with top notch biblical and theological scholarship, by Africans, for Africa, and the world." "These commentaries…
Richard
January 19, 2010
Understanding Scripture

The Perspicuity of Scripture

Wayne Grudem (2009)
"A useful analogy... might be to picture the clarity of Scripture as a journey to a distant mountain that we see clearly from afar but see in more detail—and understand more of what we see—as we journey toward the mountain…
Richard
December 30, 2009
Bible ReadingMeditation and Prayer

Eat This Book

The Art of Spiritual Reading
Eugene Peterson (2006)
"I want to pull the Christian Scriptures back from the margins of the contemporary imagination where they have been so rudely elbowed by their glamorous competitors, and reestablish them at the center as the text for living the Christian life…
Richard
November 28, 2009
Bible Storytelling

Christian Storytelling and Bible Telling

"Our goal is to network Christian Storytellers and nurture storytelling in the Christian community. We want to be a resource for churches and Christian organizations." The website offers a free story each month and resources for developing storytelling skills -…
Richard
November 28, 2009
Bible StorytellingEvangelism

Bible Storying for Church Planting

Daniel Sanchez, J. O. Terry, LaNette Thompson (2008)
Adaptability on the part of the Bible storyer is absolutely essential if such efforts are to result in church starting. This adaptability must address the presentation of the stories, the number of stories that are utilized, the story sets that…
Richard
October 16, 2009
Bible StorytellingDiscipleshipEvangelism

Basic Bible Storying

Preparing and presenting Bible stories for evangelism, discipleship, training and ministry
J. O. Terry (2009)
Bible Storying is the intentional and uninterrupted sharing of God's Word primarily as stories. These stories are usually supplemented with culturally appropriate learning exercises that are listener sensitive. The stories may be told as part of a strategy of telling…
Richard
October 16, 2009
Bible Reading

More Precious than Gold

Read the Bible in one or two years
Robert Murray McCheyne (2008)
God reveals himself to us in Scripture. As we read the Bible daily, he gradually works on our thinking, our will and our emotions so we can love him 'with all our mind, our strength, our soul, our heart'. The…
Richard
September 29, 2009