This episode of LBE is brought to you in part by Crossway, publisher of Understanding God's Word, an introduction to interpreting the Bible.

What is more important to the Christian than reading the Bible? And if you're going to read the Bible,

which you should, we want to know how to best interpret the Bible. This is by Pastor John Nielsen.

He presents six hermeneutical tools. Hermeneutics is how you interpret something, how you

interpret the Bible, and demonstrates how to use them effectively to improve personal or small group Bible studies.

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Another book recommendation from our friends at Desiring God, grateful for them sponsoring LBE,

the books The Supremacy of God in Preaching.

Recently, we had a preaching workshop here that I was privileged to do with Pastor John,

and I put right at the top of my best preaching books, the ones that I love have influenced me most.

And that top three was this book by John

Piper, The Supremacy of God in Preaching. The book points to examples like Jonathan Edwards

and draws upon Piper's own time in the pulpit to help us make much of God. Even if you're

not a pastor, you'll benefit from this, help you learn what preachers are trying to do. And for the

preacher, it will help you rediscover the kind of preaching that magnifies the majesty of God

and stir souls to worship.

Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Life and Books and Everything. This is a special episode

that was recorded at the end of an evening service here at Christ Covenant Church. We had

our missions week and in town we had Peter Williams, who is the principal. That means the head

of Tyndale House at Cambridge.

And at the end of the service, he came up along with Will Ross, who's a member of our church and teaches Old Testament and Reformed Theological Seminary here in Charlotte.

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