Read the Bible for a Change
Understanding and Responding to God's Word
by Ray Lubeck
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
284 Pages
- eBook
- 9781498276993
- Published: November 2009
$33.00
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Which Bible passages are for us today and which only apply to the first audience ancient readers? Can we just pick and choose for ourselves the verses we think fit our situation? Who gets to decide?
In READ THE BIBLE FOR A CHANGE, Ray Lubeck helps readers correctly understand and relate the Bible to their lives. If you are serious about your relationship with God and committed to responding faithfully to His Word, this book is for you.
Ray has devoted his life to helping people discover for themselves God's truth and see how it relates to their everyday, practical living.
He will show you how to:
- Read each passage in its larger biblical context
- Understand the effects of its literary style
- Recognize the meaning of a text
- Hear God speak through the Bible's human authors
- Identify the life-changing truths that apply to life today
- Bring pleasure to God by obeying His Word
As a college-level teacher, Ray realizes what it takes to hold the interest of students of the Bible. He uses illustrations, charts, stories, and everyday examples to make learning both fun and significant. Read the Bible for a Change will help you avoid the pitfalls and discover the truths that transform you life.
Dr. Ray Lubeck is a Professor of Bible and Theology at the Bible College of Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon. With a B.S. from Multnomah, an M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, a D. Th. from the University of South Africa, and graduate studies at Regent College and Jerusalem University College, he is considered by many to be an expert in Bible interpretation and its relation to contemporary culture. He also serves as director of World Seen, a ministry that analyzes cultural trends (www.multnomah.edu/worldseen).
"There were many places that I resonate with Lubeck's comments and explanations. He encourages readers to recapture, cultivate and embrace a send of "childlike wonder of the world around us, including the world of the Bible." His illustrations and short stories are used effectively throughout the book to reinforce the points being emphasized, [It] rekindled my personal desire to know and value the words of the world's most remarkable book."
-- J. Carl Laney, Western Seminary