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Packer, said the problem with the evangelical church was that the gospel had become man-centered instead of being fundamentally God-centered. Author and Bible study leader, Jen Wilkin, agrees. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Most people approach the Bible, wanting to see a vision of themselves\u2014\u201cWhat is this going to do to change my life?\u201d\u2014but the Bible is a vision of God, high and lifted up. Beginning to end, that\u2019s what its job is to do\u2014is to declare, to us, the nature and the character of God. So, when we study, we should be looking for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, March 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Before we look to God\u2019s Word to see what it has to say to us about us, we ought to be asking, \u201cWhat does it have to say about God?\u201d Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. So, you think we\u2019ve offered any help this week or just explained to people how they are messed up? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think we have dusted some minds with itching powder. I think that there are all kinds of people beginning to scratch, spiritually, in their hearts and in their minds to figure out: \u201cHow do I do a better job of studying the Bible?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We\u2019ve been having this conversation about getting into the Word in a different way than a lot of us have been trained to spend time in God\u2019s Word. The goal here is for God\u2019s Word to change us; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is, and Jen Wilkin has been helping us do that. Jen\u2014welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Thank you!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>She\u2019s a speaker, writer, teacher of\u2014not just <em>any<\/em> women\u2019s Bible study, but over 650\u2014and they cap it off at that\u2014got a lot of folks coming out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe is on staff at The Village Church. That\u2019s who actually wrote the Foreword to this book, <em>Women of the Word<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s Matt Chandler, who wrote the Foreword. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>That\u2019s my pastor; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, we started this by you talking about your own personal crisis of faith as you became a mom and realized you were next in line to pass on the truth of God\u2019s Word to your kids and realized how inept\u2014at least, you expressed that\u2014how you felt in passing it on. In the process of discovering how to study the Bible, you came up with an approach that is around five \u201cP\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think it\u2019s a good way to look at Bible study. Explain what those five are and, then, let\u2019s go back and unpack each of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>So, I know it sounds <em>so <\/em>Southern Baptist\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was going to say\u2014[Laughter]\u00a0 <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014but I am a child of many denominations\u2014but that alliteration bug did get lodged in there. So, it\u2019s: \u201cStudy with Purpose,\u201d \u201cStudy with Perspective,\u201d \u201cStudy with Patience,\u201d \u201c\u2026with Process,\u201d and \u201c\u2026with Prayer.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, we start with purpose. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u201cStudy with Purpose.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>What should our purpose be when we sit down to study our Bibles?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Well, our purpose should be to see what God\u2019s purpose is in giving the Bible to us\u2014and that would be to make sure that we have a grasp on what the big story of the Bible is anytime that we sit down to read. It\u2019s expressed in different ways by different people. The way that I talk about in the book is that the Bible is trying to tell us about creation, fall, redemption, restoration. We\u2019re learning something about the nature and character of God\u2014just knowing what that big story or, as some people call it, the metanarrative is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But Jen, people hear you talk about this; and they go: \u201cBut this has no application to my daily life. I mean, I\u2019m dealing with a marriage issue,\u201d or \u201c\u2026parenting issues,\u201d or \u201c\u2026job issues,\u201d or \u201c\u2026struggles in my life with eating disorders,\u201d or \u201c\u2026struggles in my life with peace. I need comfort.\u201d\u00a0 How does understanding creation, fall, redemption, and restoration apply?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s something that requires a little bit of patience, which is why that\u2019s one of our five \u201cP\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 I can\u2019t convince you of that, probably, in a radio broadcast; but what I can tell you is that\u2014if you will take a long-term approach to your study rather than a short-term approach\u2014rather than saying, \u201cHey, fix my immediate problem,\u201d\u2014if you can look at the things that transcend your problems\u2014we think that by getting an answer to my immediate problem, that\u2019s where we are going to find peace or we\u2019re going to find relief; but ultimately, we find peace when we rest in the character of a God who knows all and sees all. We become aware of who He is; and we begin to recognize that I\u2019m limited \/ God is unlimited. I can trust my limits to Him\u2014my limits point me to Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, it might take a little while\u2014I\u2019ll be very honest\u2014before you feel any real need to be able to use this creation, fall, redemption, restoration rhythm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut, ultimately, you are going to have a more clear understanding of who God is and what He purposes to do\u2014not just in your life\u2014but on behalf of mankind when you begin to look for these things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I want to go back and re-quote a statement I have made\u2014who knows how many dozens of time\u2014here, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I probably do. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I probably know how many dozens of times. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You probably know, but it\u2019s a statement by A.W. Tozer. To me, this really gets at the heart of it. He said, \u201cThe most important thing about you is what you think about God.\u201d\u00a0 Now, why is that so important?\u2014what you think about God is the most important thing about you because you can only find out who you are as you get to know Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>The way that I say it in the book\u2014you just quoted from my favorite book, by the way\u2014that\u2019s <em>The Knowledge of the Holy<\/em>, for all of our listeners out there. The knowledge of God and the knowledge of self always go hand-in-hand. That\u2019s the way that\u2014actually, it\u2019s James\u2019s voice, who puts it that way. He then goes on to say, \u201cThere is no true knowledge of self apart from the knowledge of God.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay, that leads me to a question I\u2019ve just been looking forward to asking you. You\u2019re a student of the Bible; okay? I\u2019m going to ask you\u2014out of everything you\u2019ve read in the Bible, what is the most disturbing thing you\u2019ve discovered\u2014out of all your study of Scripture?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>I think it would be that the heart is deceitful and deceptive\u2014that its defining characteristic is wickedness apart from God. Then, the good news becomes <em>so<\/em> infinitely good because, with no reason at all to extend mercy to me, He did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay. From Genesis to Revelation, then, it\u2019s about this redemption story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What\u2019s the next \u201cP\u201d and how does it fit in to this process that we\u2019re going through here?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Jen: <\/strong>Okay, \u201cStudy with Perspective\u201d is what comes next. Picture us, sort of zooming in\u2014we\u2019re getting closer and closer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe started with the big story\u2014of the metanarrative\u2014and now, I am saying, \u201cStudy with perspective for an individual book of the Bible.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat means that we are going to\u2014in the book, I think I refer to it as \u201cWe\u2019re going to ask some archaeological questions before we begin to study something.\u201d\u00a0 We\u2019re going to say: \u201cWho wrote it?\u00a0 When was it written?\u00a0 To whom was it written?\u00a0 What are the major themes of the book?\u201d\u2014those kinds of questions that kind of nail down for us just a general historical and cultural context. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd no, you don\u2019t have to become a Bible scholar. You need to know reliable Bible scholars that you can go to, and that does take some time. Anytime that you are reading someone\u2019s interpretation of what the Bible\u2019s\u2014even historical and cultural contexts\u2014you want to make sure that you\u2019re using a good source. Many of us don\u2019t know how to identify that. So, it\u2019s important to be asking people that you trust to point you in good directions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut then, begin by asking \/ framing up: \u201cWhat it is I\u2019m going to study,\u201d so that we are not just reading indiscriminately. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, you ask the questions: \u201cWho wrote it?\u201d\u2014that\u2019s authorship. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWhen was it written?\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the context. That really is important, whether it is Old Testament or New Testament. Then, \u201cTo whom was it written?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Unpack that a little bit. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>So, every book\u2014before we can read it as written to us, we have to understand that it was first written to someone else. The Pentateuch\u2014the first five books of the Bible\u2014they are written to the nation of Israel at a particular time in its history. You know\u2014during the wandering in the wilderness\u2014probably being handed down to them during that time and, then, as they enter into the Promised Land and begin to settle. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose books\u2014just as an example\u2014they are written to give the nation of Israel a sense of its history and a sense of its future. Sometimes, it is said that they are given to them to give them both roots and shoots\u2014something that anchors them and something that points them toward future promises. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, understanding that that\u2019s why they were written and to those people, at that time in the history of the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlso, we have to place them within the history of the world: \u201cWhat was going on in human civilization, at that time, in these parts of the world?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It\u2019s also important to understand that not every part of the Bible is the same as every other part of the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>A psalm is different than an epistle, and that\u2019s different than a history, and that\u2019s different\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014than an apocalyptic allegory; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes, and that\u2019s part of this idea of getting perspective\u2014is you have to ask, \u201cIn what style was the book written?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s when you need to have a basic understanding of genres: \u201cWhat kind of genres are in the Bible?\u201d\u00a0 I know I sound like your high school English teacher right now; and somewhere, she is shaking her finger at you saying, \u201cI told you this,\u201d and you have pushed it out of your memory. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need to understand that poetry is not read the same way that history is read\u2014historical narrative. We need to understand that prophecy is to be read a different way than the Law books are read. Once we learn some <em>basic<\/em> general rules\u2014you know, start by\u2014don\u2019t feel like you have to completely understand the genres\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but understand enough so that you can honor the one that you are reading and not do things with it that you wouldn\u2019t do if you did understand what the rules were. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, when you read in your Bible that God protects us with His wings, you shouldn\u2019t come away with the theological impression that God has wings; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>That God has wings\u2014that\u2019s right. Or when we read something about the sun, moon, and the stars in Revelation\u2014before we start wondering if the sun, moon, and the stars are going to actually fall from the heavens, we need to understand that, in prophecy, those are often referred to because they were worshipped by the ancients as deities. Perhaps, they will actually fall from the sky; but before we get into those speculations, we need to address that what\u2019s being said there is that there will be no other gods before God in the new heavens and the new earth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>A great book in the Bible to kind of take this \u201cP\u201d\/perspective and apply it to is the Book of Proverbs\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014because it\u2019s a unique \/ very unique book; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. Yes. So, we want to read Proverbs as promises. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m sure that one you all run into a bunch, here, at your ministry\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cTrain up a child\u2026.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes\u2014\u201c\u2026in the way that he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.\u201d\u00a0 When you understand the genre of Proverbs, you understand that they are a general principle\u2014they are not a promise. It doesn\u2019t make them any less precious to us\u2014it just means that we don\u2019t read them the way that we would have and ask them to do something they are not intended to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And they are warnings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They\u2019re warnings to a\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>And encouragement. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014young man from a father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay, let\u2019s move onto the third \u201cP\u201d\u2014patience. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes, we need it!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2014oh, we do. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, how does it apply to studying the Bible well?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Okay, so, just in general, we don\u2019t have this. I don\u2019t know if anybody else noticed this\u2014we generally do not have patience. We stand in front of the microwave and yell, \u201cHurry up!\u201d\u00a0 So, in our\u2014a generation ago, people would have said, \u201cYou can boil water in a minute, and you\u2019re\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cyou\u2019re impatient.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cout of time with that?\u201d\u00a0 So, we generally have a fast-food culture mentality. When we come to the Bible, we need to understand that the Bible is not to be treated as a debit account\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014where, each morning\u2014I get up, and I put my card in, and I withdrawal my little bit that I need for the day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Bible is more properly viewed as a savings account, where I may read for 15 minutes. I may not take away a nugget for my day, but I can trust that it\u2019s all going somewhere and pointing to something that is ultimately going to reap a reward. So, I make those faithful deposits every day or as often as I am able to have the time to be in the Word. There is a cumulative effect to that. The Lord compounds the interest on that because I always\u2014people always say, \u201cWhat should I study when I\u2019m crisis?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m thinking, \u201cWho studies when they\u2019re in crisis?!\u201d\u2014you are hanging on for dear life. Those are examples of times where we draw on that savings account. If the Word of God has dwelt in us richly\u2014if we have meditated on it \/ if it has been in our hearts and then overflowed onto our lips\u2014then, when we hit those times, we are able to, now, draw on that savings account. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, you don\u2019t build a roof in the middle of the storm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You build it over a period of time when the sun is out so, when it does rain, you are protected. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou use an illustration that any parent, who has seen their kids go in to algebra\u2014the first class\u2014they immediately will get it. All four of yours\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014what do you call it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u201cThere is no crying in math.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 That\u2019s just basically what we say. You know, we ripped it off, obviously, from <em>A League of Their Own<\/em>, where Tom Hanks\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cThere\u2019s no crying in baseball!\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014famously\u2014yes; exactly. The reality is\u2014there is a great deal of crying in math\u2014and that\u2019s why we have the slogan. So, every year\u2014and my children are\u2014we had four in four years. So, we hit algebra, basically, four years in a row. By the time the youngest child started into algebra, and the tears began, and we said, \u201cThere is no crying in math,\u201d\u2014his response was so different than the older children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe older children would just look at us like: \u201cWhat do you mean?\u00a0 I\u2019m dying here!\u00a0 This is never going to change.\u201d\u00a0 But Calvin, the youngest one, kind of got this little grin on his face because he knew he had seen the other children start the year with the tears and then grow into a proficient understanding with discipline. That word, discipline, is related to that term, disciple. It means that we work hard, and we practice, and we repeat, and we repeat until we understand what it is that is required for us to become proficient. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, somebody hears you talk about this, and they think to themselves: \u201cOkay, Jen, you have just put Bible literacy out of reach for me. I don\u2019t have time. I don\u2019t have patience. This\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>They are thinking about algebra. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right!\u00a0 They\u2019ve just said: \u201cI can do 15 minutes a day, where I just plop open the Bible, and I read it and try to get something devotional for my soul out of it. I can work that on the subway on my way to work. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBut you\u2019re talking about a level of study that is\u2014I just can\u2019t fit it into my life now.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. I would say back to you\u2014that not one of us was told that we didn\u2019t need to be a disciple\u2014that in the Great Commission we were <em>all<\/em> told to be disciples and to make disciples. Think about what the end of the Great Commission says because I think we get to the first part\u2014and we love that part so much that we don\u2019t finish\u2014but the final statement, after \u201cbaptizing them into the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit\u201d \u2014is what?\u2014\u201c\u2026and teaching them to do all that I have commanded.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Well, how can we teach what we don\u2019t know?\u00a0 That means that whoever you are\u2014whether you were excellent at algebra\/never cried a tear or whether you sobbed your way through the whole first year\u2014everybody needs to know a little algebra, probably\u2014maybe that\u2019s a bad example. [Laughter]\u00a0 With Scripture, <em>everybody<\/em> needs to know\u2014everybody needs to know. To the extent that the Lord has given you the ability to love Him with your mind, you ought to. I don\u2019t know what that extent is\u2014\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014you\u2019re going to know that better than me. For some of us\u2014yes, there is going to be more of an intellectual engagement because the Lord may have wired us differently; but we are <em>all<\/em> called to be students of the Word,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014which is going to lead us into the rest of the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the \u201cP\u2019s\u201d\u2014the other two \u201cP\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014the \u201cP\u2019s\u201d\u2014yes, the \u201cP\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The fourth one is \u201cprocess.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u201cStudy with process.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I loved this one because it ends with satisfying the vitamin A deficiency that we all lack when we come to studying the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Yes. So, basically, studying with process just means that we\u2019re going to fight through three different stages. I shouldn\u2019t say \u201cfight through\u201d\u2014it makes it sounds so futile. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It makes it sound like algebra. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>We are going to waltz through three different stages\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Now, there you go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014of coming to grasp what a passage has to say to <em>us<\/em>. We start with comprehension. Some people use the term, observation, for this first step. I don\u2019t use the term, observation, for a couple of reasons.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst is because I was teaching for a long time, using the term, comprehension, before I even knew that people had written books that had said observation. When I heard the term, observation\u2014I don\u2019t hate it\u2014like I get that people flesh that out\u2014and it means pretty much exactly what I\u2019m saying when I say, \u201ccomprehension.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I found, on the ground level, that when you say, \u201cHey, observe what you see here in the text,\u201d\u2014that it was just too subjective. People heard it as \u201cOh, well, I see purple butterflies in the text!\u201d\u00a0 So, it\u2019s\u2014no, it\u2019s not that there is intent to it. You\u2019re not just looking at what you see\u2014you are trying to look at what the author was wanting to show you. So, I say, \u201ccomprehend.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, our first step is comprehension\u2014and that\u2019s just asking, \u201cWhat does it <em>say<\/em>?\u201d\u00a0 That means that, after you read through the account\u2014the creation account in Genesis 1\u2014you should be able to tell me what God created on each of the six days of creation\u2014that is just knowing what it says. And then, next, you want to move onto the interpretation piece. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe comprehension piece takes a lot of time. It takes, really, lion share of the time that we are going to spend in the Word\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014so, it\u2019s the repetitive reading, it\u2019s the annotating, it\u2019s the making notes in the margin, it\u2019s me trying to get inside what the words are just saying, it\u2019s the paraphrasing\u2014all those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAfter we spend time on comprehension, we move onto interpretation. Interpretation\u2014if I\u2019m looking at the creation account, again\u2014interpretation is where I begin to ask the question, \u201cWhat does it mean?\u201d I\u2019m looking at the creation account\u2014I know that God created in six days. When I begin to look at it, I recognize that what it is wanting to tell me are a couple of key things: The first is that it\u2019s God who created and that He did so in an orderly way. So, those are stepping toward interpretation. This is what is being communicated by this text. You notice that what is not being communicated by that text is \u201cI was created on the sixth day of creation\u201d; right?\u00a0 God is the focus\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That is true. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u2014of that narrative. Clearly, we\u2019re not\u2014so, then, you move\u2014once you feel like you are moving towards a sound interpretation, it\u2019s finally time to start asking that application question, which is: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow should it change me?\u201d\u00a0 When we get there, we don\u2019t just say: \u201cOkay, enough about You. Let\u2019s talk about me.\u201d\u00a0 I have to frame up that application piece in light of what I\u2019ve seen to be true about God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI see that God is a God who creates, and I see that God is a God of order. Then, I see myself in relation to that. I see that I am not a person who has the power to create or sustain one thing at all\u2014that nothing I see around me is mine to possess \/ that it has been entrusted to me by God. Then, I look around and see that, even though I serve a God who creates order; I tend to be someone who creates <em>chaos<\/em>. Then, I can look around and say, \u201cI can apply this to my life in a particular way.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the thing that helps application is the last \u201cP,\u201d which is prayer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Prayer. I would say\u2014when you hear that there are five \u201cP\u2019s\u201d\u2014we are such linear thinkers\u2014that we tend to think, \u201cOkay, I start at the first \u201cP\u201d and I work my way to the fifth \u201cP.\u201d\u00a0 There is not a strictly linear relation between them. You see that, I think, when you get to prayer\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014particularly, that it\u2019s at the end. In the book, I encourage women\u2014when they begin to study\u2014that they should pray as they are beginning, and they should pray in the midst of their study, and they should pray when they conclude. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I am a realist. I know how busy life is\u2014particularly, for, say, a young mom. Depending on your life stage, you may not have a lot of time to give to this. The idea is not that we have some rigid set about praying before, during, and after a study\u2014it\u2019s that we see that as a good and beautiful thing. As we have the time and opportunity, we do imbue it into all parts of our study; but if we don\u2019t, some days are days you sit down and you say, \u201cLord, give me ears to hear,\u201d and you dive in. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, Jen, it\u2019s been great to have you with us on the broadcast. I appreciate you. I just appreciate the work you\u2019ve done over the past 15 years of teaching so many and joining us here\u2014because I think you just taught several hundred thousand, if not a million or two, folks, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, how to study the Bible. I think it\u2019s one of the greatest privileges we have on the planet because we get to know God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThanks for challenging us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>Thank you for the privilege of being here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It is okay for guys to read the book; isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>All you do is\u2014you place your fingers over the \u201cW\u201d and the \u201cO\u201d in the title, and then\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It says, \u201cMen\u201d\u2014\u201cMen of the Word.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jen: <\/strong>\u201cMen of the Word.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There you go. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>The thing I would want\u2014I wouldn\u2019t want to give this to my wife because she\u2019d be so far ahead of me in Bible study that I would be\u2014I\u2019d be hurting. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>We do have copies of Jen\u2019s book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com to request a copy. Again, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com. When you go, online, look in the upper left-hand corner, where it says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d Click the link. It\u2019ll take you to an area on the site where you\u2019ll see Jen\u2019s book. You can order it from us, online, if you\u2019d like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can call us to order. The toll-free number to call, if you want to order the book, is 1-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800- \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, the website\u2014if that\u2019s easier for you\u2014 just go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d in the top left-hand corner of the page. You can order <em>Women of the Word<\/em> or you can put your finger over the \u201cW-o\u201d and order \u201cMen of the Word.\u201d\u00a0 Order it from us, online, and we\u2019ll get it out to you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, Easter is just around the corner. In fact, FamilyLife created a tool, years ago, called Resurrection Eggs<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> to help kids learn the Easter story. You take a plastic egg, and you put inside of it a little symbol that reminds a child of some event in the last week of Jesus\u2019s life\u2014like the first egg has a donkey in it \/ a little plastic donkey\u2014and that helps the child remember that Jesus came into Jerusalem, riding on the back of a donkey. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, a child can learn all about Holy Week through a set of Resurrection Eggs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I mention that because this week we\u2019re making Resurrection Eggs available to those of you who can help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> with a donation. We are listener-supported. We depend on your financial support to continue the work of this ministry. The funds you send go to help cover the cost of syndicating and producing this daily radio program. So, if you can help out with that, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a set of Resurrection Eggs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d and make an online donation. Or if it\u2019s easier, call 1-800-FL-TODAY. When you make a donation over the phone, ask for a set of Resurrection Eggs to be sent to you. Or you can always mail a donation to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we are going to turn our attention to the needs of blended families. We had an opportunity recently to meet with folks who are actively involved in ministering to folks who are in second or third marriages and who want this marriage to be the marriage that goes the distance. We will get a chance to hear what Dennis Rainey had to share with folks at the Blended and Blessed<sup>\u2122<\/sup> Summit last fall. I hope you can join us as we hear what Dennis had to share with those folks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, with some special help from Mark Ramey today. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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