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<div><b>DR. HOWARD G. HENDRICKS</b> remains a legendary figure in the memory of countless Christians worldwide. In sixty years at Dallas Theological Seminary, "Prof" Hendricks is estimated to have taught more than 30,000 students, and through them now impacts tens of millions throughout the world. He ministered in more than eighty countries through speaking engagements, radio, books, and recordings (including the DVD series, Living By The Book). For a period of time he was also a Bible teacher and chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys football team. Dr. Hendricks and his wife Jeanne were married for sixty-five years, and he was the father of four children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.<br><br><b>BILL HENDRICKS</b> is Co-Founder and President of Global Centre for Giftedness, which seeks to mobilize a worldwide movement of Giftedness Guides -- people who know how to help others discover their giftedness and then apply those insights to the major areas of their lives. This is an outgrowth of his longtime consulting practice, the Giftedness Center, which helps individuals think through strategic life and career decisions. In addition, Bill serves as the Executive Director for Christian Leadership at The Hendricks Center, a leadership development initiative of Dallas Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Harvard University, Boston University, and Dallas Theological Seminary, and is currently a doctoral student at Bakke Graduate University. He is married to Lynn Turpin Hendricks and is the father of three accomplished daughters.</div>

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<div>The adventure of your life awaits!</div><div>&#160;</div><div>With this classic book, recently update and expanded, Howard and Bill Hendricks invite you on one of the greatest adventures of your life&#8212;the journey through Scripture. In the Bible you can interact with a living God who wants a personal relationship with you. And no special skills are needed. If you can read, you can glean important insight from Scripture. </div><div>&#160;</div><div><i>Living by the Book</i> will help you engage God&#8217;s Word like never before. In simple step-by-step fashion, you&#8217;ll learn how to:</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Observe. Let Scripture speak to you individually.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Interpret. Develop the tools to properly understand biblical text.</div><div>&#160;</div><div>Apply. Learn how to allow Scripture to transform your life. </div><div>&#160;</div><div><i>Start your journey today.</i></div>

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LIVING BY THE BOOK

Moody Publishers

Contents

Foreword by Chuck Swindoll..................................7Preface to the Second Edition...............................91. Why People Don't Study the Bible.........................132. Why Study the Bible?.....................................213. How This Book Can Help...................................294. An Overview of the Process...............................38Step 1: Observation5. The Value of Observation.................................516. Let's Start with a Verse.................................567. You Must Learn to Read...................................66Ten Strategies to First-Rate Reading8. Read Thoughtfully........................................799. Read Repeatedly..........................................8310. Read Patiently..........................................8911. Read Selectively........................................9412. Read Prayerfully........................................10013. Read Imaginatively......................................10614. Read Meditatively.......................................11415. Read Purposefully.......................................11916. Read Acquisitively......................................12717. Read Telescopically.....................................13118. Work with a Paragraph...................................135Six Things to Look For19. Things That Are Emphasized..............................14720. Things That Are Repeated................................15221. Things That Are Related.................................15722. Things That Are Mike, & Unlike..........................16223. Things That Are True to Life............................16924. Getting the Big Picture.................................17425. Summarize Your Observations.............................18426. "Facts Are Stupid Things Until ...".....................193Step 2: Interpretation27. The Value of Interpretation.............................19928. Handle with Care!.......................................20629. What Type of Literature Is This?........................213Five Keys to Interpretation30. Content.................................................22931. Context.................................................23132. Comparison..............................................23633. Culture.................................................24234. Consultation............................................24935. Coming to Terms.........................................25736. Figuring Out the Figurative.............................26237. Putting It All Together.................................27338. Don't Stop Now!.........................................284Step 3: Application39. The Critical Step of Application........................28940. Truth That Transforms...................................29941. A Transformed People....................................30742. Four Steps of Application...............................31843. Customized Christianity.................................32944. Nine Questions to Ask...................................33845. Now and Then............................................34346. The Principle of the Thing..............................35147. A Process of Life-Change................................36048. Three Suggestions to Get Started........................368Additional Resources........................................379

Chapter One

Shortly after I became a Christian, someone wrote in the flyleaf of my Bible these words: "This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book." That was true then, and it's still true today. Dusty Bibles always lead to dirty lives. In fact, you are either in the Word and the Word is conforming you to the image of Jesus Christ, or you are in the world and the world is squeezing you into its mold.

And yet the great tragedy among Christians today is that too many of us are under the Word of God, but not in it for ourselves. For example, I met a man once who had driven his entire family all the way across the country to attend a conference of Bible teaching.

Amazed, I asked him, "Why did you come so far?"

"Because I wanted to get under the Word of God," he said.

On the face of it, that sounds wonderful. But later it hit me: Here was a man willing to drive twelve hundred miles to get under the Word of God; but was he just as willing to walk across his living room floor, pick up a Bible, and get into it for himself?

You see, there's no question that believers need to sit under the teaching of God's Word. But that ought to be a stimulus-not a substitute-for getting into it for ourselves.

Who reads the Bible? According to the Barna Group, in 2006 about 47 percent of Americans polled claimed to read the Bible at some point in a week (up from a low of 31 percent in 1995). However, a famous Gallup survey from a number of years ago found that while 82 percent of Americans claimed to believe that the Bible is either the literal or "inspired" Word of God, and more than half said they read the Bible at least monthly, half couldn't name even one of the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. And fewer than half knew who delivered the Sermon on the Mount.

Have you ever seen a Bible "parked" in the rear window of someone's car? That's common where I come from. A guy will come out of church, hop into his car, toss his Bible in the back, and leave it there until the next Sunday. That's quite a statement of the value he places on God's Word. In effect, when it comes to Scripture he's functionally illiterate six out of seven days a week.

The Bible is owned, read on occasion, even taken to church-but not studied. Why is it that people do not get into Scripture for themselves, to understand it and see it make a difference in their lives? Let's find out by listening to six Christians describe their experience in this regard.

Ken: 'I need something that works.'

HGH: Ken, you're a business executive with a lot of responsibility. You're well educated. I know you love the Lord. Where does Bible study fit into your life?

Ken: Back when my kids were young, we used to read a verse or two every morning at breakfast, or maybe at dinnertime. But I wouldn't say we ever studied the Bible. And of course it's not the sort of thing you'd do at work.

HGH: Why not?

Ken: Well, work is work. You're there to do a job. When I go to work I'm thinking about our payroll, our customers, the bills we've got to pay, what our competitors are doing. The Bible's about the last thing on my mind.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of these people who acts one way at church and another way at the office. But let's face it-the business world is no Sunday school class. You're up against things that aren't even mentioned in the Bible. So it doesn't exactly apply to your day-to-day situation.

HGH: Ken, you've put your finger on the problem of relevance. And that may be the number-one reason people are not studying God's Word today. They think it's archaic, out of date. It may have had something to say to another generation, but they seriously question whether it has anything to say to ours. Yet, as we'll see, God's revelation is as alive today as it was when it was first delivered.

Wendy: 'I don't know how.'

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