How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
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How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
we cannot say that the teachings of Islam are the same as those in the Bible.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
we have to be careful we aren’t taking Bible verses and applying a promise to us that God didn’t make to us.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
The Holy Spirit dwells within both men and women and empowers both to serve in the mission of the church.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
the story is God’s way of letting the Israelites know that he wasn’t just building a universe, he was building a place where he could dwell with his people, much like a temple.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
Does it matter whether we came from hard-packed earth or a muddy soup?
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
We can use all our time asking the Bible our scientific questions about creation, all the while missing the beauty of what God was communicating to the original recipients.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
When God did order violence and death, it was always with extreme patience and plenty of warning to give people the opportunity to repent and turn to him. It was never genocide or ethnic cleansing.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
Islam was a new story about a different God, one who is not the same as the God found in Genesis through the Old Testament.
Dan Kimball • How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
Studying why a book was written and to whom, and learning about the context and cultural world in which it was written is not doubting God’s Word. It is taking the Scriptures seriously to make sure we understand what God was saying. It is a commitment to truth, not a lessening of the truth.