"The Word of God" is equivalent to the first section in the book "A disciple of Christ" Vol. 1, designed to give the believer a solid foundation and the basic tools for becoming a stable and fruitful disciple of Christ. Knowing the Word of God - the Bible, through your own regular reading, is the ultimate starting point. This book will give you a general introduction to the Bible and how to read it in a fruitful way, especially with regard to the fact that the Scriptures have a spiritual dimension and cannot be read just the way we would read another ordinary book. Lastly it explains how the Word will only benefit you when you receive it in your heart, believe it, and act upon it. Jorn Overby is born of Norwegian (Lutheran) missionaries to Bangladesh and spent his childhood on the Indian subcontinent. He received his MD in Divinity at The Free Faculty of Theology in Oslo, Norway in 1981. After studies in English for "Intermediate Level" at the University of Oslo he entered into his calling of church building and international missions work in 1983. Having pioneered and pastored a church in Oslo (including a government approved kindergarten and public Christian school as well as an international Bible school) for some 22 years, he has since 2005 concentrated his work solely on the international missions field. He is the director of the missions organization Missions Thrust International, founded in 1990, and has over the last 25 years conducted interdenominational pastors' and leadership seminars as well as evangelistic campaigns in almost 50 nations around the world, predominantly in Asia and Africa. Jorn Overby resides with his wife Borghild in Oslo, Norway. They have two children.