Living God’s Word: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture
Overview
New Testament scholar J. Scott Duvall and Old Testament expert J. Daniel Hays—authors of the popular hermeneutics primer Grasping God’s Word—invite lay and college-level Bible students to see how their faith journey relates to the big picture of the Bible. Living God’s Word presents a broad narrative framework that encompasses every book of the Bible and demonstrates how believers make this story their own. Each section deals with a specific part of Scripture and includes reading and listening preparation, explanation, summary, observations about theological significance, connections to the overarching story of the Bible, and written assignments for further study. These features—combined with the authors’ engaging style—make Living God’s Word an ideal introductory college text, Sunday school elective, or small group study.
Top Highlights
“God delights in using the weak and lowly to carry out his mighty, powerful will” (Page 131)
“Yet deliverance from something bad is only half the picture of salvation, because salvation also involves entering into relationship with God and then being delivered to something good.” (Page 54)
“Basically, the phrase ‘kingdom of God’ refers to God’s personal rule or reign over his creation, including his people” (Page 146)
“The word translated ‘transfigured’ (metamorphoô) means to be physically and visibly transformed” (Page 171)
“Sinful response #4: In defiance of God, people build a great tower to make a name for themselves (Gen. 11:1–9)” (Page 27)
- Title: Living God’s Word: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture
- Authors: J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Textbooks
- ISBNs: 9780310517450, 0310517451
- Resource ID: LLS:LIVINGGODSWORD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:16:28Z
J. Scott Duvall received his PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is professor of New Testament at Ouachita Baptist University. He is coauthor with George H. Guthrie of Biblical Greek Exegesis: A Graded Approach to Learning Intermediate and Advanced Greek and with Terry G. Carter and J. Daniel Hays of the textbook Preaching God’s Word: A Hands on Approach to Preparing, Developing, and Delivering the Sermon.
J. Daniel Hays received his ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and his PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and a professor of Old Testament at Ouachita Baptist University. He is the author of From Every People and Nation, and he has coauthored Grasping God’s Word, Preaching God’s Word, Journey into God’s Word, The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology, Iraq: Babylon of the End Times?, Apocalypse, and The Dictionary of Biblical Prophecy. He teaches adult Sunday school at his local church in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and preaches frequently throughout the nation.
