100 Tough Questions about God and the Bible

we can see God in Jesus. Not God’s celestial face, but his divine character.

If most Bible experts have it right, we should pray for sick people, believing that God can heal them, but trusting God to do what is best.

Eve didn’t come from Adam’s feet, to get walked on. She didn’t come from his head, to top him. She came from his side to be his equal, from under his arm to enjoy his protection, from near his heart to experience his love.

The Spirit within us recognizes the Spirit within Scripture.

Bible—What does the Bible say about it? Tradition—How have Christians throughout the centuries dealt with it? Reason—What seems like a reasonable way to deal with it? Experience—What does our personal experience suggest we do about it?

Jesus took the law of limited retaliation to the next level: forgiveness. He suggested that instead of nurturing a spirit of justice when it comes to people who have hurt us, we’d be better off if we nurtured a spirit of forgiveness.