Come and See: The Journey of Knowing God through Scripture

by Jonathan T. Pennington

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2023

Overview

3 Effective Ways to Study Scripture for an Essential Understanding of Who God Is

The Bible invites us to know God and have eternal life. That makes reading, understanding, and applying Scripture the most important journey we will ever take, but it can be difficult without a guide to provide direction.

In Come and See, Jonathan Pennington helps readers understand what it means to know God from the Bible and details 3 effective approaches to interpreting Scripture. Using the engaging analogy of a road trip, he introduces 3 friends who each have distinct, clear ways of navigating the Bible: informational (understanding genres in Scripture and avoiding exegetical mistakes); theological (reading canonically, traditionally, and creedally); and transformational (focusing on the goal of reading Scripture, our posture as readers, and the role of the Holy Spirit). Pennington gives detailed advice for employing all 3 reading modes, equipping readers to gain wisdom and know God better.

Comprehensive: Explores 3 approaches to studying Scripture—informational, theological, and transformational—and includes exercises to practice each

Enhances Personal or Group Bible Study: Helps readers engage in deeper communion with God by purposefully journeying through his word

Ideal for Pastors, Seminary Students, and Laypeople: With an engaging, conversational style, Pennington teaches deep truths about knowing God and interpreting Scripture

Key Features

• Details 3 effective approaches to interpreting Scripture
• Focuses on informational, theological, and transformational approaches
• Helps readers understand what it means to know God from the Bible

Contents

• Starting Out: Road Trip!
The First Stage of the Journey: Information with Ingrid
• Skill One – Reading through Three Avenues
• Side Trip #1 – Maps and Seeing
• Skill Two – Understanding Different Literary Genres in the Bible
• Side Trip #2 – Reading in St. Petersburg (and Other Places)
• Skill Three – Avoiding Common Exegetical Mistakes
The Second Stage of the Journey: Theology with Tom
• The Context of the Canon – Canonical Reading
• Side Trip #3 – Our Right and Left Brains
• The Context of the Church’s Tradition – Traditioned Reading
• Side Trip #4 – Two T-Rexes and the Gestalt Shift
• The Context of Creedal Orthodoxy – Creedal Reading
The Third Stage of the Journey: Transformation with Taylor
• The Goal of Reading Scripture
• Side Trip #5 – Metaphors We Read By
• The Posture of Reading Scripture
• Side Trip #6 – Knowing through Rituals
• The Holy Spirit in Reading Scripture
• The Final Destination

Product Details

• Title: Come and See: The Journey of Knowing God through Scripture
• Author: Jonathan T. Pennington
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 152
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Hermeneutics; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible › Reading
• ISBNs: 9781433571282, 9781433571299, 9781433571312, 9781433571305, 1433571285, 1433571293, 1433571315, 1433571307
• Resource ID: LLS:CMSJRNYGDSCRPTR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-02-21T21:51:24Z

About Jonathan T. Pennington

Dr. Jonathan T. Pennington is the associate professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also served as a visiting professor at Southeastern Seminary, as well as the Institute of Biblical Studies in Orlando, Florida and Melbourne, Australia.

He earned a BA in history and his teaching certificate from Northern Illinois University, and his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he also taught Greek for two years as an NT fellow. For five years, he also served as the associate pastor at the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris in northern Illinois.

He holds a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (in St. Mary’s College), where he wrote his thesis, “Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew,” under the supervision of professors Richard Bauckham and Philip Esler. Dr. Pennington is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Tyndale Fellowship (Cambridge), the Institute for Biblical Research, and the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies. He’s published a variety of articles, reviews, and Greek and Hebrew language tools, as well as books like Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew (Brill),Cosmology and New Testament Theology (T&T Clark), and Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic).