Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible

Auteur

Michael F. Bird is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College,?Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including, with N. T. Wright, The New Testament in Its World (2019).

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Discover answers to the most common questions and misconceptions about the Bible. Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible is a short and readable introduction that explains how the Bible came to be, how to interpret the Bible, and how the Bible is authoritative.

Contenu

1. The Bible did not fall out of the sky, bound in leather, written in English 2. The Bible is for our time but not about our time 3. We should focus on taking the Bible seriously, not necessarily literally 4. If interpreting the Bible were easy, we wouldn't need teachers 5. The purpose of Scripture is knowledge and hope 6. Scripture is normative, not negotiable 7. Christ is the foundation of our faith and the centre of the Christian Bible