You may have met people who say with enthusiasm: 'You don't need to interpret the Bible — just read it and do what it says.' Such statements are usually the protest of ordinary Christians against theologians, pastors, and Bible teachers. Yet as we read the Bible, all of us discover that we need particular skills and tools to understand and interpret it rightly — an interpretation that leads us to obey God's Word. This book, unique in that it was written for 'ordinary' Christians, teaches us that skill.
