As a result, this book does not feel like impartial or ecumenical scholarship, and while some of its approaches are certainly welcome to correct the more repellent notions that circulate in American Protestant Christianity in the twenty-first century (such as the so-called "Prosperity Gospel"), it is worth noting that this book is not exactly presenting a distant finding of fact, or even offering competing claims. This is a book informed by a specific doctrinal bias and therefore cannot claim to be a mere guide to Biblical hermeneutics, when the authors pause occasionally to point out why Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses are engaged in heretical reading of scripture - it is worth recalling that no less distinguished a Protestant exegete than Martin Luther himself believed it would be heresy to read Joshua chapter 10 and derive any conclusion besides the notion that the sun revolves around the earth. Their emphasis however, is on heremeneutics, described in their introductory chapter as "the great urgency that gave birth to this book," Yet the chief difficulty with this book is, perhaps, the way in which the authors define the layperson. Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart's How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth aims to be a guide to Biblical hermeneutics and exegesis designed for the layperson.
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