Understanding the Bible, Expanded Edition
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Overview
This book answers foundational questions: Who wrote the Bible? What is its message? Why is it thought to be a “holy” book? How does one read and interpret it? Best of all, though, you'll broaden your vision of Jesus Christ, the focal point of Scripture. How? By better understanding the geographical, religious, and historical concerns that shaped the world in which he lived. You’ll see Jesus as never before: both as a man of his times and culture, and as the culmination of a divine providence that prepared the way for the ministry of the Messiah. Written by renowned preacher, writer, and apologist John Stott, this new, expanded edition includes questions at the beginning of each chapter to help you focus, new, up-to-date maps for the chapters on history and geography, and an index to help you speedily access areas of interest.
- Explains how to better understand geographical, religious, and historical context behind the Bible
- Features questions to help focus on important points in each chapter
- Includes updated maps for the historical and geographical sections
- The Purpose of the Bible
- The Land of the Bible
- The Story of the Bible (Old Testament)
- The Story of the Bible (New Testament)
- The Message of the Bible
- The Authority of the Bible
- The Interpretation of the Bible
- The Use of the Bible
Top Highlights
“If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to” (Page 58)
“Thirdly, they had an extraordinary inspiration of the Holy Spirit” (Page 169)
“The central doctrine of Isaiah’s theology was the sovereignty of God. His call to the prophetic office came to him in a vision of the Lord as king, reigning from an exalted throne. He believed that God was king of the nations and used them as instruments of his own purpose.” (Page 80)
“The half-century following Hezekiah’s death was a time of religious apostasy. His son Manasseh, an abject vassal of Assyria, adopted a policy of religious syncretism and reintroduced the abomination of Canaanite and Assyrian worship which Hezekiah had destroyed.” (Page 81)
“The other weapons which the devil wielded against the church were more subtle. Unable to crush it by external pressure, he tried to undermine it from within.” (Page 120)
- Title: Understanding the Bible (Expanded Edition)
- Author: John Stott
- Edition: Expanded Edition
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9780310499343, 9780310414315, 0310414318, 0310499348
- Resource ID: LLS:UNDRSTBBL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:36:11Z
John Stott is known around the world as a preacher, evangelist, and writer. He was one of the main contributors to the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and the founder of Langham Partnership, which seeks to equip a new generation of Bible teachers around the world.