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I like this book. It is teaching me the basics of hermeneutics in a way I can comprehend.

So far I think this book is helpful, readable, and inspiring.

“More often we face the problem of people calling them­selves to the role of teacher who are simply not qualified to teach. A good teacher must have sound knowledge and the necessary skills to unravel difficult portions of Scripture. Here the need for mastery of language, history and theology are of critical importance.”

“Sensuous Christians go their merry way until they en­counter the pain of life that is not so merry—and they fold. They usually end up embracing a kind of “relational theology” (a curse on modern Christianity) where personal relationships and experience take precedence over the Word of God.”

“Sensuous Christians equate “childlike faith” with ig­norance. They think that when the Bible calls us to childlike faith, it means a faith without content, a faith without under­standing. “They don’t know that the Bible says, “In evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature” (1 Cor 14:20).”

“Many of us have become sensuous Christians, living by our feelings rather than through our understanding of the Word of God. […] Their Christian life is only as effective as the intensity of present feelings. When they experience spiritual euphoria, they are a whirlwind of godly activity; when they are depressed, they are a spiritual incompetent.”

I love R.C. Sproul.

This is a really great book that I think all Christians should read. Very edifying so far.

152 pages read, via @leioapp (http://leio.co).

Great book. All of us exegetical amateurs need to read

RC’s style, thought flow, and intuition are quickly making him one of my favorite Authors

“Private Bible study is an important means of grace for Christians. It is a privilege and a duty for all of us.”

*write this down*

“It is a tremendous thing that people are opening the Bible and studying it together. But it is also an exceedingly dangerous thing. Pooling of knowledge is edifying to the church; pooling of ignorance is destructive and can manifest the problem of the blind leading the blind.”

“Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. The secret to happiness is found in obedience to God.

We live as human beings under an obligation by divine mandate to study diligently God’s word.
He is our Sovereign, it is His word, and He commands that we study it.”

El mejor intérprete de la biblia ha sido, es y será: La biblia misma. Los pasajes más oscuros se interpretan a luz de los más simples; en ningún punto se contradice.

“But Jesus goes beyond the letter (of the law) to a concern for the spirit.”

"We live as human beings under an obligation by divine mandate to study diligently God's Word. He is our Sovereign, it is his Word, and he commands that we study it." page 35

“The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in.”

“Subjectivism not only produces error and distortion, but it breeds arrogance as well. To believe what I believe simply because I believe it or to argue that my opinion is true simply because it is my opinion is the epitome of arrogance. If my views cannot stand the test of objective analysis and verification, humility demands that I abandon them.”

“It is important to note that the theme of this book is not how to read the Bible but how to study the Bible. There is a great deal of difference between reading and studying.” Page 20.

“No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian.”

"Idols have eyes but they cannot see, and they have ears but they cannot hear. And because people resemble the god they worship, idolaters similarly have physical eyes and ears but they cannot see or hear spiritual things. It is punishment in kind. The people did not want to listen to God -- they worshipped idols -- so He took away their capacity to hear Him."

"I can't make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive."

One more chapter to go. This book is very helpful for the new believer. Lays some really good groundwork and answers some of the tougher earlier questions you encounter coming from a poor churched background or having no real church upbringing.

This was a pretty good chapter. Talks about the importance of reading and interpreting the word. What really helped was the fact that he said (paraphrase) freedom to read the scriptures is not freedom to distort scriptures. Very humbling thing to think about.

Just read the preface and intro and I’m really looking forward to this book. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to get to this book but in God’s providence I’m sure it’s come right on time.

Otro que no estaba en mis lecturas del mes... que alguien me detenga.

Great insights. I have actually used it as a bible teaching aid