Three months later and I've finally finished Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible. It was a long and strenuous road with me reading and re-reading passages, pulling out my Bible and commentaries, journaling, highlighting, and running through post-its like they're free. And I cannot wait to do it again. I plan to read Living By the Book... yearly because it's full of helpful information, it's easy to read, and I think it is a life changing body of work. I'm an old Christian, been in the church for 19 years. But, I have never studied the Bible and I've never done it consistently. When that fact hit me like a ton of bricks, I was extremely ashamed! Following Christ for nearly 20 years and all I have is, "God is good all the time and all the time God is good." I couldn't tell you a parable, give you a character study, or even explain to you why I think the Bible is relevant today. I decide to change that for myself in 2025, so I bought this book. My Bible study has already improved and I'm excited about being who God called me to be through the study of His word.

If you're a new Christian or inexperienced like me, I highly recommend this book. I don't know how you can truly study and learn the Word of God without it