The Rest of the Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages

by Doug Greenwold

Publisher:

Doug Greenwold

, 2010

Overview

When we ignore the context of Bible passages, many times we can miss the message God has in store for us. In The Rest of the Story, Doug Greenwold, unfolding their historical, cultural, literary, and geographical contexts, focuses on 10 familiar passages and brings new insight and understanding to their significance and meaning. By teaching you how to study God’s Word in its original context, this volume will transform the way you approach Bible study. The Rest of the Story is ideal for small groups, home fellowship, and adult education classes.

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Key Features

• Contextually restores Bible narratives
• Discusses specific passage's in relation to God
• Encourages deeper study to find God’s truth and wisdom

Contents

Top Highlights

“fully appreciating Luke’s birth narrative, shepherds are forgotten, needy people practicing a shameful profession. It” (Page 20)

“his couple did not first arrive in Bethlehem late in the day (or night) of Jesus’ birth.” (Page 17)

Praise for the Print Edition

I highly recommend The Rest of the Story to you as a resource that will expand your understanding of God’s nature in familiar passages!

—Pat Goodman, pastor, Grace Fellowship Church, Timonium, Maryland

Read this book. It is for anyone interested in developing a more comprehensive understanding of certain key Old and New Testament Biblical passages. New students will be struck with delight and made thirsty for more study. Experienced students will be renewed and refreshed and once again realize just how rich these texts can be!

—Richard L. Gathro, executive vice president, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities

An excellent study and resource, highly recommended for individuals or groups desiring to seriously consider Scripture as those who first read and heard the accounts many years ago would have understood it.

—Dr. David Hansen, author, In Their Sandals: How His Followers Saw Jesus

Product Details

• Title: The Rest of the Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages
• Author: Doug Greenwold
• Publisher: Doug Greenwold
• Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 107

About Doug Greenwold

Doug Greenwold is senior teaching fellow at Preserving Bible Times, a ministry dedicated to preserving and presenting biblical truth through contextual restoration, where he teaches the Bible in conference, retreat, and workshop settings for church and parachurch ministries. In 1988, Greenwold visited Israel on a study program and realized the importance of integrating the context of the land with the biblical texts. Since then he has been an avid student and passionate teacher of the Bible in its true context.