A guide to learn the skills you need to understand and apply God's Word. Now revised and updated! Life is a journey, and like any journey, it requires an accurate, reliable roadmap to get us where we need to go. God has provided such a guide in his Word. But just as a navigator needs to learn how to interpret all the contours and symbols of a map, so also we need to be able to understand how the Bible communicates its directions to us. In Journey into God's Word, Second Edition reader's will: <ul> <li>Be introduced to the Interpretive Journey, a five-step framework for understanding how to read any Bible passage</li> <li>Learn vital reading skills that aid in their comprehension of not just the Bible, but of any piece of literature</li> <li>Discover the importance of understanding historical-cultural and literary contexts</li> <li>Receive guidance on choosing a Bible translation for their study</li> <li>Be given practical tips for reading specific genres in the Bible like, Gospels, letters, Law, prophecy, poetry, and more</li> </ul> Journey into God's Word, Second Edition helps Bible readers acquire these skills and become better at reading, interpreting, and applying the Bible to life. Based on the bestselling college/seminary textbook Grasping God's Word it takes the proven principles from that book and makes them accessible to people in the church. It starts with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts. Hands-on exercises guide readers through the interpretation process, with an emphasis on real-life application. This second edition has been revised and updated to match the fourth edition of Grasping God's Word with a five-step Interpretive Journey.

Journey into God's Word, Second Edition: Your Guide to Understanding and Applying the Bible

Religion & Spirituality

Duvall, J. Scott

Hays, J. Daniel

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan Academic

Product Description 
Living God's Word is your pathway to read the Bible as it was meant to be read: as God's Great Story. Many Christians resolve to study the Bible more fervently, but often struggle to grasp the progression of Scripture as a whole. They encounter various passages each week through unrelated readings, studies, and sermons and it all feels disconnected. But once they see the Bible as God's Great Story, they begin to understand how it all fits together and they start see how their own lives fit into what God has done and is doing in the world. 
In Living God's Word, Second Edition, New Testament scholar J. Scott Duvall and Old Testament expert J. Daniel Hays help Christians consider how their lives can be integrated into the story of the Bible, thus enabling them to live faithfully in deep and important ways. Living God's Word explores the entire Bible through broad themes that trace the progression of God's redemptive plan. Each section deals with a certain portion of Scripture's story and includes:\nReading/listening preparation 
Explanation 
Summary 
Observations about theological significance 
Connections to the Great Story 
Written assignments for further study\nThese features--combined with the authors' engaging style--make Living God's Word an ideal book for those who want to understand the Bible better, for introductory college courses, Sunday school electives, or small group study. Readers can further enhance their learning experience with the Living God's Word WORKBOOK (sold separately) which contains additional questions and exercises to help them reflect on what they are reading in Living God's Word. 
 About the Author 
J. Scott Duvall (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Ouachita Baptist University. He is the coauthor of Grasping God’s Word, Journey into God’s Word, Preaching God’s Word, and God’s Relational Presence, and author of The Heart of Revelation and Revelation in the Teach the Text Commentary series. He teaches and preaches frequently in local churches.\nJ. Daniel Hays (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and professor of Old Testament at Ouachita Baptist University. He is the author of From Every People and Nation, The Message of the Prophets, The Temple and the Tabernacle, and A Christian’s Guide to Evidence for the Bible: 101 Proofs from History and Archaeology. He has coauthored or coedited Grasping God’s Word; Journey into God’s Word; Preaching God’s Word; The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary; Jeremiah and Lamentations; The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology; and God’s Relational Presence: The Cohesive Center of Biblical Theology. He teaches adult Sunday School at his local church in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and also speaks both regionally and internationally.

Living God's Word, Second Edition: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture

A Companion WORKBOOK to Help You Discover the Great Story of Scripture and Find Your Place in It Living God's Word is your pathway to read the Bible as it was meant to be read: as God's Great Story. This WORKBOOK is designed for use alongside the second edition of Living God's Word. While the textbook helps you see the big picture of what God is doing throughout the Bible, the WORKBOOK lets you reflect on and internalize what you are reading. Many Christians resolve to study the Bible more fervently, but often struggle to grasp the progression of Scripture as a whole. They encounter various passages each week through unrelated readings, studies, and sermons and it all feels disconnected. But once they see the Bible as God's Great Story, they begin to understand how it all fits together and they start see how their own lives fit into what God has done and is doing in the world. In Living God's Word, Second Edition, New Testament scholar J. Scott Duvall and Old Testament expert J. Daniel Hays help Christians consider how their lives can be integrated into the story of the Bible, thus enabling them to live faithfully in deep and important ways. Living God's Word explores the entire Bible through broad themes that trace the progression of God's redemptive plan. Each section deals with a certain portion of Scripture's story and includes: <ul> <li>Reading/listening preparation</li> <li>Explanation</li> <li>Summary</li> <li>Observations about theological significance</li> <li>Connections to the Great Story</li> <li>Written assignments for further study</li> </ul> These features--combined with the authors' engaging style--make Living God's Word an ideal book for those who want to understand the Bible better, for introductory college courses, Sunday school electives, or small group study. When used alongside the textbook, this workbook is the ideal resource for anyone looking to better understand how the entire Bible fits together as God's Great Story.

Living God's Word Workbook: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture

A Proven Approach to Help You Interpret and Understand the Bible Grasping God's Word has proven itself in classrooms across the country as an invaluable help to students who want to learn how to read, interpret, and apply the Bible for themselves. This book will equip you with a five-step Interpretive Journey that will help you make sense of any passage in the Bible. It will also guide you through all the different genres found in the Bible to help you learn the specifics of how to best approach each one. Filling the gap between approaches that are too simple and others that are too technical, this book starts by equipping readers with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts. Features include: <ul> <li>Proven in classrooms across the country</li> <li>Hands-on exercises to guide students through the interpretation process</li> <li>Emphasis on real-life application</li> <li>Supplemented by a website for professors providing extensive teaching materials</li> <li>Accompanying workbook, video lectures, laminated study guide (sold separately)</li> </ul> This fourth edition includes revised chapters on word studies and Bible translations, updated illustrations, cultural references, bibliography, and assignments. This book is the ideal resource for anyone looking for a step-by-step guide that will teach them how to accurately and faithfully interpret the Bible.

Grasping God's Word, Fourth Edition: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible

A Companion WORKBOOK to Today's Most Widely Used Textbook for Learning to Interpret and Understand the Bible Grasping God's Word has proven itself in classrooms across the country as an invaluable help to students who want to learn how to read, interpret, and apply the Bible for themselves. This WORKBOOK is designed for use alongside the fourth edition of the textbook Grasping God's Word. While the textbook shows you the principles and tools of interpretation, the WORKBOOK lets you try them out by applying them to specific genres and contexts. Together, these books will help you get a grip on the solid rock of Scripture--how to read it, how to interpret it, and how to apply it. Filling the gap between approaches that are too simple and others that are too technical, this book starts by equipping readers with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts. Features include: <ul> <li>Proven in classrooms across the country</li> <li>Hands-on exercises to guide students through the interpretation process</li> <li>Emphasis on real-life application</li> <li>Supplemented by a website for professors providing extensive teaching materials</li> <li>Updates corresponding to the fourth edition of the textbook, including new exercises</li> <li>Accompanying textbook, video lectures, laminated study guide (sold separately)</li> </ul> When used alongside the textbook, this workbook is the ideal resource for anyone looking for a hands-on step-by-step guide that will teach them how to accurately and faithfully interpret the Bible.

Grasping God's Word Workbook, Fourth Edition: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible

A companion to J. Daniel Hays and J. Scott Duvall's Grasping God's Word 4th Edition, Grasping God's Word Video Lectures features the authors' expert teaching through every chapter in their textbook. Useful for traditional students, students in distance and online-learning courses, and armchair learners alike, these lectures provide a full introduction to biblical interpretation. 
Filling the gap between approaches that are too simple and others that are too technical, Grasping God's Word Video Lectures starts by equipping viewers with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts. 
Just as a rock climber's handhold enables him to master the mountain, a firm grasp on God's Word empowers you to traverse the challenging, risky slopes of life. 
Grasping God's Word: Video Lectures enables you to get a grip on the solid rock of Scripture--how to read it, how to interpret it, and how to apply it. 
Session Titles and Runtimes: 
1 - Bible Translations (15 min) 
2 - Interpretive Journey (17 min) 
3 - Sentences (18 min) 
4 - Paragraphs (22 min) 
5 - Discourses (20 min) 
6 - The Historical-Cultural Context (13 min) 
7 - What Do We Bring to the Text? (17 min) 
8 - The Literary Context (10 min) 
9 - Word Studies (12 min) 
10 - Who Controls the Meaning? (15 min) 
11 - Levels of Meaning (21 min) 
12 - The Role of the Holy Spirit (12 min) 
13 - Application (11 min) 
14 - New Testament: Letters (16 min) 
15 - New Testament: Gospels (17 min) 
16 - New Testament: Acts (16 min) 
17 - New Testament: Revelation (21 min) 
18 - Old Testament: Narrative (24 min) 
19 - Old Testament: Law (15 min) 
20 - Old Testament: Poetry (20 min) 
21 - Old Testament: Prophets (17 min) 
22 - Old Testament: Wisdom (23 min)

Grasping God's Word Video Lectures: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible

Grasping God's Word Laminated Sheet (Zondervan Get an A! Study Guides)

Whether studying for exams or delving into the Scriptures, Bible students will love how this Zondervan Get an A! Study Guide puts critical information at their fingertips. Portable and durable, this laminated, three-hole-punched study resource is ideal for obtaining a quick overview of Scott Duvall and Daniel Hays' Grasping God's Word for exam preparation and last-minute review, or as an aid in Bible study.

Explore how the Bible fits together as God’s Great Story 
Many Christians struggle to grasp the progression of Scripture as a whole because they usually encounter Bible passages through disconnected readings, studies, and sermons. Living God’s Word Video Lectures is a guide to reading the Bible as it was meant to be read: as God’s Great Story. 
New Testament scholar J. Scott Duvall and Old Testament expert J. Daniel Hays help Christians to understand how the Bible fits together and to see how their own lives fit into what God has done and is doing in the world. Living God’s Word Video Lectures explores the entire Bible through broad themes that trace the progression of God’s redemptive plan. It is ideal for those who want to understand the Bible better, for introductory college courses, Sunday school electives, or small group study. 
Session Titles and Runtimes: 
0 - Introduction (21 min) 
1 - Creation and Crisis: Who Am I and What Is Wrong? (26 min) 
2 - Covenant: God Makes a Promise and Establishes a People (22 min) 
3 - Calling Out: “I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt” (26 min) 
4 - Commandments: Terms for Living in the Promised Land with God in Their Midst (24 min) 
5 - Conquest and Canaanization: Good News and Bad News (25 min) 
6 - Creation of the Kingdom: Nobodies and Somebodies (24 min) 
7 - Communion and Common Sense in the Kingdom: Worship and Other Ways to Live Wisely (30 min) 
8 - Crumbling of the Kingdom: The Prophets and the End of Israel and Judah (25 min) 
9 - Captivity and Coming Home: Surviving the Exile and Returning to the Land (21 min) 
10 - Interlude: Time between the Testaments (21 min) 
11 - Christ: Jesus Enters Our World (22 min) 
12 - Christ: Jesus’s Message (24 min) 
13 - Christ: Jesus’s Journey to Jerusalem (23 min) 
14 - Christ: Jesus Dies on the Cross (23 min) 
15 - Christ: Jesus Is Raised from the Dead (23 min) 
16 - Church: The Coming of the Spirit (20 min) 
17 - Church: In Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria (24 min) 
18 - Church: The Mission to the Gentiles (22 min) 
19 - Church: The Gospel Spreads from Jerusalem to Rome (19 min) 
20 - Consummation: The Happy Ending to the Great Story (28 min) 
21 - Conclusion (24 min)

Living God's Word Video Lectures: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture

Biblical Greek Exegesis presents a proven, highly practical approach to the study of intermediate and advanced Greek grammar. Most textbooks focus on learning syntactical categories, illustrated by sentences taken from the Greek New Testament, and place little emphasis on how to apply Greek grammar to the Greek text in preparing sermons and lectures. In contrast, Biblical Greek Exegesis stresses “real-life” application. Beginning with selections from the Greek New Testament, students learn intermediate and advanced Greek grammar inductively by analyzing the text. The process closely resembles the approach used in sermon and lecture preparation. In Part 1 (SYNTAX), students work through nine selections from the New Testament, taken from the Gospels, Paul’s letters (including Romans), and the General Letters. The selections are arranged in order of increasing difficulty. The student becomes familiar with syntactical categories through translation, grammatical analysis, and grammatical diagramming, supplemented by class discussion. Equally important, the length of these selections allows for semantic diagramming and analysis. This provides a tool for analyzing larger units of meaning, which is not possible when working only with sentences that illustrate specific points of grammar. In Part 2 (EXEGESIS), the student takes the sections from the Greek New Testament through a twelve-step method of exegesis and exposition. The student works through one section of approximately fifteen verses every two weeks, beginning with the first step—spiritual preparation—and ending with application and a preaching/teaching outline. This approach has two benefits. Advanced Greek students learn to use the Greek text and grammar as they will in the “real world.” They also learn to integrate other significant areas such as literary form and textual criticism, as well as the use of exegetical tools. In short, they become better expositors of the Word of God. Bibliographies are provided for each of the twelve steps in the exegetical process. Also included is a summary of syntactical categories based on Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. This successfully field-tested approach to intermediate and advanced Greek will help students bridge the gap between understanding the categories of Greek grammar and the demand to communicate the meaning and significance of the New Testament message to the twenty-first century.

Biblical Greek Exegesis

Reference

Guthrie, George H.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Just as a rock climber’s handhold enables him to master the mountain, a firm grasp on God’s Word empowers us to traverse the challenging, risky slopes of life. Grasping God’s Word helps college students, beginning seminary students, and other serious readers get a grip on the solid rock of Scripture--how to read it, how to interpret it, and how to apply it. Filling the gap between approaches that are too simple and others that are too technical, this book starts by equipping readers with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts. Features include: * Field-tested in the classroom with nearly 600 students and various professors * Numerous charts and sidebar highlights * Hands-on exercises to guide students through the interpretation process * Emphasis on real-life application * Supplemented by a website for professors providing extensive teaching materials * Accompanying workbook (sold separately) Grasping God’s Word progresses through the following five sections: 1. How to Read the Book: Basic Tools 2. Contexts: Now and Then 3. Meaning and Application 4. The Interpretive Journey: New Testament 5. The Interpretive Journey: Old Testament

Grasping God's Word

Zondervan

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