How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens: A Guide to Christ-Focused Reading of Scripture

by Michael Williams

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2012

Overview

Many Christians today experience Bible teaching in isolated, unconnected pieces, receiving little or no guidance into how these pieces form a coherent picture in Christ. How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens connects each of the 66 books of the Bible to the person and work of Jesus Christ. By explaining each book’s theme and raising pertinent questions about the contemporary importance of that message, author Michael Williams sets readers on a path toward purposeful, independent reading, and application of the entire Bible. How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens presents Christ as the central focus of each biblical book and the primary way the Bible relates to contemporary circumstances. Each book of the Bible has an identifiable theme ultimately fulfilled in the person and work of Christ.

An excellent tool for Bible teachers, ministry leaders, and students, How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens facilitates other Christian disciplines such as Bible reading, Scripture memory, and evangelism. By demonstrating how each theme relates to living the Christian life, this book promises to be an invaluable guide for reading and understanding the Bible.

Key Features

• Succinct statement of the theme of every biblical book
• Explanation of how each theme finds its focus in Christ
• Brief discussion of how the New Testament treats each theme as fulfilled in Christ
• Suggestions for contemporary implications
• Convenient summary chart

Contents

Top Highlights

“This situation raises a theological problem that will ultimately find its resolution only through the Jesus lens: How can God punish the rebellion and faithlessness of his people and still bless them?” (Page 26)

“The ultimate focus of all God’s redemptive activity is Jesus Christ.” (Page 15)

“God’s activity in Genesis can be summarized by the word separating” (Page 13)

“Through accounts of human failures, wars, family intrigues, deceptions, international slave trade, famines, and miraculous births, Genesis presents to us God’s relentless and gracious separation and preservation of the human line he had chosen to bring his salvation to the world.” (Page 14)

“cleansing from sin is indicated by the basin for washing (30:17–21)” (Page 19)

Praise for the Print Edition

Few books do a better job of giving us an overview of Genesis to Revelation in such a compact way. This is the sort of book I’d love to have in the hands of every member of my church!

—Justin Taylor, managing editor, ESV Study Bible

[Offers] suggestive and stimulating ways for us to see Christ as the climax of the story; let Williams begin to shape the way you read the whole Bible.

—Kelly M. Kapic, professor of theological studies, Covenant College

Michael Williams has written a book that is badly needed: a survey of all the books of the Bible that shows how they work together to point toward Jesus Christ . . . accessible to almost any reader.

—Douglas J. Moo, Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies, Wheaton College

Product Details

• Title: How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens: A Guide to Christ-Focused Reading of Scripture
• Author: Michael Williams
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ › Person and offices; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9780310490586, 9780310331650, 0310490588, 031033165X
• Resource ID: LLS:HOWRDBBLJESUSLENS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:35:10Z

About Michael Williams

Michael Williams is an American theologian and Professor of Systematic Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri, whose faculty he joined in 1996. He received his Ph.D.A from the University of Toronto and is an adult convert to the Christian faith.