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Education or Imitation? Bible Interpretation for Dummies Like You and Me

Curtis Allen
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The earthly ministry of Jesus was all about rightly interpreting and applying God's Word. We can do the same. No special training required. In fact, right interpretation of Scripture, followed by right application, is the primary way that Christians are to be like God. This is not an issue of education. It's an issue of imitation. The example of Jesus' life shows us how.

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  • Cover Type
    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9781936760411
  • Page Count
    108
  • Weight
    0.3 lb
  • Publisher
    Cruciform Press
  • Publication Date
    January 2012

Endorsements (3)

“Do you ever approach the Bible and think you just aren’t smart enough to truly get it? It can be a temptation to read the Bible and feel like you need an interpreter. ... In his book Education or Imitation?: Bible Interpretation For Dummies Like You and Me, Curtis Allen has some good news for you. You don’t have to be a scholar, have a seminary degree, or even be remotely smart to know God's Word; Allen suggests it’s about imitation not education.

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Trillia Newbell

Women of God Magazine

“Curt Allen’s book on interpreting the Bible is wonderfully practical and clear, giving believers basic principles for understanding God’s Word. He rightly emphasizes that every believer can understand the Bible. It isn’t necessary to be a scholar or preacher or to know Greek and Hebrew to grasp the Scriptures. Certainly, we are helped by teachers and scholars, but we can understand the Bible ourselves and need to test whatever others say by the Scriptures. Allen also shows that the Bible is Christ-centered. We are only reading the Bible rightly if we are seeing Jesus Christ, our crucified and risen Lord, in its pages. At the same time, the Bible is not just meant to be understood but to be lived out in our everyday lives. I recommend gladly such an accessible, Christ-centered, and practical book on interpreting the Scriptures.”

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Thomas R. Schreiner

James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

“Gritty. Real. Straight. That’s what you’ll find in Curt Allen’s treatment of Bible interpretation, Education or Imitation? And that’s what we need because airy, heady, abstract works on Bible interpretation fail to do the one thing they’re written forteach and inspire us to read, interpret and apply the Bible. If you want it straight, read this book.”

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Thabiti Anyabwile

Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Grand Cayman; Council Member, The Gospel Coalition; author

About the Author

Curtis Allen is a pastor at Solid Rock Church in Riverdale, Maryland, and moonlights as a Christian rap artist called Voice. He can be found at CurtisAllen.net and thelightswitch.net.

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