Texting between iPhones and Android phones is broken because Apple refuses to adopt modern texting standards. Doriani refers to many works in his endnotes that will fill in these gaps if the reader cares to pursue them. While this book still isn't quite perfect, it stands head and shoulders above the other dozen or so books I have read on the topic in the past year.

Advanced Bible teachers will recognize this volume to be informed by more sophisticated hermeneutical discussion, but Getting the Message remains accessible enough to every reader earnest about seeking the meaning of the Scripture. In the acronym CAPTOR, each letter stands for a phase of interpretation: C = Context, A = Analysis, P = Problems, T = Themes, O = Obligations, R = Reflection. In the reflection section, he attempts to bring together the previous five steps and discuss the different ways one can faithfully present the same text. While that isn't a defect, it will mean that I have to do a bit of extra work to use it with a class of laymen. Since its original publication in 1996, Getting the Message has been used by teenagers, college students, and seminarians and by Christian leaders on each inhabited continent.Since its original publication in 1996, Getting the Message has been used by teenagers, college students, and seminarians as well as by Christian leaders on six continents. Get the Message is a great new folder full of different shaped pads for kids to share and display what they have to say. Getting the Message offers an invaluable and far-reaching exploration of the inter-relations between the production of media messages and their reception - an invaluable guide for any study of the development of media theory.

Dan Doriani’s Getting the Message: A Plan for Interpreting and Applying the Bible has been used by teenagers, college students, seminarians, and Christian ministry leaders on every inhabited continent. In a compact Northeast corridor with many other transportation options, local officials may well get the message on private jets–and that could set the stage for successful fights elsewhere. For those who believe that preaching really matters, here's the help we need to do it confidently, accurately, and joyously.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Doriani summarizes the main principles for interpretation in a single, easily remembered acronym - CAPTOR. The author does provide several footnote references to Kugel's book for those wishing further study of that topic. The better you understand the contents this book, the better equipped you will be to understand every part of the Book.

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Written with craft and wit, this highly readable book combines great biblical insight with marvelous practical wisom. Bear in mind that my second career was in mediation and being trained to watch and listen and get the message from facial expression and body language. For all those who fear that the Bible is a mysterious labyrinth through which they cannot find their way, Doriani provides wonderful guidance. Getting the Message, in both its original and newly revised formats, has been a great help not only to pastors and Bible teachers, but also for others who wish to know Christ better through robust Bible study. If you have ever tried to teach the Bible, this serious but non-technical and very practical introduction to Bible interpretation is for you.