This is a wonderful, practical book on Hermeneutics, the art and science of interpretation. It gives you simple steps to easily unlock the meaning of Biblical passages. The book doesn't needlessly use technical terms and is very practical for your everyday Christian walk in reading Scripture. I personally have been able to use its principles in my personal devotional times, and I have never understood the Bible as much as I do now.

I am so disappointed in this book, what a waste of money. This is a direct quote from the book: "Make observations, Dig deep! Think hard. This is not an easy passage. Spend time on this. Make dozens and dozens of observations. Read and read! Looik again! Observe! Observe! Observe!" This quote is repeated in the first assignments. I am an avid reader of all kinds of books and I am old enough to know that hard work is necessary in many aspects of our lives, but surely this is not one of them. The bible is too complex even for educated theologians. I don't want to work that hard. The book is supposed to be "hands on". Maybe it gets better later in the book, but frankly, this author's writing style is not engaging at all, and I find it so laborious to read it, to the point where I just can't make myself read any further.

If you want to know how to really study the word of God without defaulting to your own interpretation, get this book. You will learn how not to take the word out of context (i.e. women can't be a Pastor, Peter had a dream that all meat can be consumed), understand what God is saying, and how to apply the word to now. I can't recommend this book enough. Get it, and learn how to handle the word of God.

This book is excellent for those who want to know How to study the Bible for all its worth. I highly recommend this book for lay memebers as well as seminary students.

Will Wilson

I have learned so much about ancient writing styles from reading this book. For example, ancient writers were not focused on the chronological order, but the thematic order. I don't want to give away the milk for free, but there are so many ways that the authors did this. It has helped me tremendously when teaching Sunday School and to understand the Bible for myself. If you want to dig deeper, I would be hard-pressed to find a book that has helped me more in seminary than this one.

My professors are amazing. They know what they are talking about, and I learn so much from them, not only from their books but their classes too! This book is an amazing way to learn, whether as a college student, seminary student, or anyone wanting to learn, how to interpret and exegetically get into the Bible. They've done an excellent job at explaining without getting into "technical details" I fully recommend this book, and any other book written by these two amazing men!