And Wilkin follows with five practical questions to ask as a guide to get that proper perspective. She explains how we need to play the role of an archeologist as we do some digging to learn the cultural and historical perspectives of the books we study in Scripture. We, too, must occupy a modern space while maintaining an ancient perspective” (62). “Modern-day Christians inherit a faith that is built on the foundations of that which has come before. Since modern-day Rome was built on top of ancient Rome, there are some similarities with the way a homeowner in Rome needs to approach renovations to our perspective when we read Scripture.
I especially liked how she uses the analogy of the city of Rome in her chapter on studying with perspective. Throughout the book, Wilkin uses good illustrations followed by practical applications to study God’s Word. And I say that because I don’t want those like me to let that keep them from reading or recommending Women of the Word. To be frank, I usually get annoyed with these approaches because I find them kind of condescending. They are to study with Purpose, Perspective, Patience, Process, and Prayer. She teaches the five “P’s” of Bible study in five, short chapters. Wilkin makes a case for Biblical literacy, and then presents a guide to help women study by way of alliteration. This is a very practical book, written to equip women to study God’s Word. The Bible is about God, and as we learn about his person and his work, our joy and love for him deepens. I don’t want to get caught up in all that doctrinal stuff.” But Wilkin’s subtitle addresses this false dichotomy: “How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds.” And she tackles the importance of using both our minds and our hearts in the first chapter of her book.
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people try to dismiss these types of questions with a comment like, “I just love God and that is all that matters. “Was there a rapture or not? Did God have to answer our prayers if we prayed a certain way? Did I need to be baptized again? How old is the earth? Were Old Testament believers saved differently than New Testament believers?” (16-17) Growing up visiting many different denominations, she wondered who had it right: And so Jen Wilkin begins her book disclosing the “mountain of biblical ignorance” she had after church hopping her whole life. While we all know we are to be good Bereans (Acts 17:11), the sixty-six bound books of God’s living Word can be intimidating. But too often we think this is the only way to spending personal time in God’s Word. “The Bible does not want to be neatly packaged into three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day-increments” (75).
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