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1. “To read and study the Bible with another presumption of authorship and character is to create a story line that does not fit the framework of the text.” (p 3) This quote stood out to me right away because so often people manipulate the bible to fit their personal belief. This is seen often when a verse is split apart, and some words are used out of context of the whole chapter to have people believing one thing when if you read the whole context around the verse it could relate to something completely different. I have seen this when attending churches of different dominations or even of the same domination where one is stricter on rules they place on members. 2. “Where Satan accuses, Christ intercedes on our behalf. The importance of Christ’s ascension should not be lost on the believer. It is another aspect of Christ’s work that has a daily impact for each and every Christian” (p 6–7) When I was 33, I spend a lot of time reflecting on Jesus, his life and how he lived sinless and at such a young age he gave his life so I could be forgiven for the sins I commit. It changed the way I pray and 6 years later I realize that I have missed so much in that year learning about him. This quote gives me so much to really think about, I pray every day many times during the day and never really thought about my prayers being me asking Jesus to stand up for me. 3. Bible study depends on a greater understanding of the whole Bible. (p 8) While I understand that the Bible fits all together, I struggle with this line because how are new believers supposed to understand. I have been raised going to church, but it was not until my late teens that I started truly understanding parts of the bible and still as an adult I struggle with understanding the whole bible. 4. The events of the book of Ruth take place during the time of the Judges. The book of Ruth provides a contrast of faithfulness against the backdrop of unfaithfulness seen in the book of Judges, and two of the main characters, Ruth and Boaz, are ancestors of David and ultimately Christ. (p 12) This just blows my mind. I never would have realized that all this was happening at the same time if I had not seen the timeline of the books. I know this relates back to the understanding of the Bible as a whole book. 5. Yes, the Bible is all equally God’s Word, but the books of the Bible include a variety of types, or genres, of literature. (p 18) I love how the writer of this book relates the books of the bible to sports, and music. It makes it easier to see the differences of the books and what God wanted us to learn from them.

6. It is always best to understand a story within its own context. However, it is also useful to study that account across the various Gospel records. Since each writer may have had a different emphasis, or chose to include different details, a study that includes all the records will result in a more comprehensive view. (p 19) I think this is a great quote and relates back to what I said in number 1 about reading the Bible and the surrounding text to get the full purpose of what your being told. The accounts of Jesus in each of the Gospels is great but having several views from people who had different talks with him and had different views of the situation really puts the whole picture out there for understanding. 7. ” Christ’s miracles were first about his identity, not his ability” (p 19) I love seeing this point in the book, this is something that I never thought about until recently when my preacher did a sermon on it. Jesus did not have to preform the miracles as he did but he did it to bring in more people so they could learn about him. Word spread as he healed and helped, and more people could come to know that the savior was here. It’s very powerful and something I wished I had realized at a younger age. 8. The first mistake is to approach the stories as primarily about us in the twenty- first century. Certainly, there are applications to be made from Old Testament stories. But the first step to all good Bible study is to understand first the story within its historical context (more on that in a later chapter). When this mistake is made, it is easy to understand how believers come to expect God to fulfill promises that he intended only for Israel. (p23-24) As humans we try to relate what we read to our lives, and I think this is a great reminder that God created the bible for us to learn from but its is not about us. It is his story and when we read the stories in the Old Testament, we need to read them and remember the time they are happening in and instead of trying to relate them to our lives now we need to learn what mistakes people made and what of God’s laws they broke and do our best not to do those things. 9. Third, even though many of the details of the law do not apply today, the character of God in his holiness and love for justice is absolutely relevant for today. (p 25) When we think of the Old Testament and realize that we are not to relate it to our lives it often becomes easy to not see the law of the time to also be relevant to us. In the laws of the Old Testament God tells us what he expects of us to be

overall good people so they will always apply to everyone especially those who believe in him and want to live as an example of God’s love. 10.We should not be afraid of being honest with God. Not only does he already know how we feel, but also it is through these moments of emotional honesty that God can use the Psalms in our lives. (p 26) For years this idea was a struggle for me, if I was upset when my prayers were answered but not the way I thought was best I wrestled with being angry or not. I never wanted God to think I didn’t believe that he knew what was best for me but the human part of me thought I knew what was best for me. I know that I don’t need to know the why God does the things he does and if I am angry about it then well so be it tell God your angry and ask for him to soften your heart to what is going on. God knows our decisions even though he has given us free will and sometimes is disappointed with us. John Cartwright and Chris Hulshof, Everyday Bible Study: Growing in the Christian Faith , ed. Gabriel Etzel and Ben Gutierrez, 2nd edition., Everyday Bible Series (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2019), 3-26.

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