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Knowable Word: Helping Ordinary People Learn to Study the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

People with Bibles don’t always know how to use them. They’re good at absorbing and repeating material from sermons, commentaries, and blogs, but they miss the fullness and joy that comes from studying the Bible for themselves. The power to change the world is available, but it goes untapped. This book offers what they most need: a sensible Bible study method. By learning to observe, interpret,...

“what that meant to the original audience,” and “what it means in our context.”2 The OIA method has many benefits. It teaches us to hear the text and respond to it. It trains us in critical thinking and clear communication. It interests postdocs, preschoolers, and everyone in between. It can be learned in five minutes and perfected over a lifetime. The other methods I mentioned aren’t completely wrong, but most of them focus on one skill (observation, interpretation, or application) exclusively. But