With persuasive instruction and personal examples, George Martin shows you how to read and understand Scripture in ways that help us hear what God is saying to us and that draw us nearer to him in prayer. In the most extensive revision yet of his best-selling classic Reading Scripture as the Word of God, this edition brings God's Word to life for beginners through seasoned veterans of Bible study. How can I get more out of reading Scripture? What can I do to understand Scripture more clearly? How can I hear what God is saying to me through Scripture? How should I apply the messages of the Bible to my life? Thus, the Bible becomes a window to God, so He can speak to our hearts as well as our heads. The book begins with practical suggestions for reading Scripture in order to understand both the context and the purpose for which it was written. It goes on to discuss how God reveals himself through the words of Scripture and the role of the Holy Spirit as He speaks directly to you through the text. Study guides at the end of each chapter, interesting sidebars, and directions to internet resources will stimulate personal reflection and also provide the basis for small-group discussion of this eminently practical, yet heart-centered, approach to understanding the Scriptures.

ジョージ・マーティンが提示するのは、聖書という壮大なテキストを単なる歴史資料としてではなく、現代に生きる我々への「生きた対話」へと昇華させる極めて文学的な試みです。著者の語り口は、知的な理解と霊的な直感の境界を鮮やかに崩し、読者をテキストの奥深くに潜む神聖なメッセージへと誘うための、透明度の高い窓となります。 本書の真髄は、頭で理解する解釈を超え、心で受け取る出会いへと読者を導く情熱的な導線にあります。学術的な厳密さと個人的な体験が織りなす筆致は、読者に沈黙の中で響く内なる声を聞く勇気を与えてくれます。古の言葉が今、この瞬間の自身の生と重なり合うとき、本書は単なる指南書を超え、精神の変容を促す真の文学となるのです。