Eat This Book

The second part of Peterson's momentous five-volume work on spiritual theology, Eat This Book challenges Christians to read the Scriptures on Scriptures' terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as they read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. In these pages he draws listeners into a fascinating conversation on the nature of language, the ancient practice of lectio divina (Divine Reading), and the role of Scripture translations; included here is the 'inside story' behind Peterson's own popular Bible translation, The Message. Countering the widespread practice of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here serves listeners with a nourishing entrée into the formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading.