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The chapter aims to develop an explicitly theological approach to the Bible - by this I mean that the Bible itself tells us why it is we believe the Bible to be God's Word and this fact has to be embedded in all our thinking about the complex relationship between faith and evidence.
For the Bible Tells Me So introduces you to five ordinary Christian families and shows how these people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child or family member. Intermingled with these five stories, religious leaders and scholars explore how the Bible has been used and misused
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Dec 6, 2021 · I imagine most of us were taught to sing: “Jesus loves me, this I know; for the Bible tells me so.” What a memorable, to-the-point statement! It stays with you as you age and makes a meaningful connection between the Savior’s love and the written-down certainty that we know it’s true.
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO. A STUDY GUIDE AND ADVOCACY TRAINING CURRICULUM. REV. CHRIS GLASER, WRITER DR. SHARON GROVES, EDITOR. { TABLE OF CONTENTS } EACH HEADER LINKS TO THE RELEVANT SECTION. Instructions for Group Leaders. Introduction: Creating Dialogue. Part One: Opening the Conversation. Part Two: Joining the Bible’s Conversation
- Genocidal Tribal Deity?
- The Historical Accounts Aren’T Historical
- The Ethical Commands Are Confused and Contradictory
- Having It Both Ways
In chapter two, Enns makes the standard Richard Dawkins-style case that the God of the OT is a genocidal maniac who enjoys killing women and children (and, in the flood, just about every living thing on the planet). All standard evangelical attempts to explain God’s behavior aren’t going to cut it either. Enns even draws a comparison between the ki...
In chapter three, Enns dives into the historicity of the biblical accounts, both old and new. He reminds us the biblical authors “shape” their stories to make a point—they are “not objective observers and don’t pretend to be” (75). And they did so for a reason, namely to address the issues God’s people were facing in the present. Enns is absolutely...
Enns spends much time critiquing the historicity of Scripture, but he doesn’t stop there. He go after its ethics, too. The Bible is not an “instruction manual,” he insists. “Waiting for the Bible to ‘tell me what to do’ means we’ll . . . be waiting forever” (134, 135). Enns then plunges into a lengthy discussion of the incoherence of the OT’s moral...
In the end, The Bible Tells Me Sois a book about contradictions. Enns intended it to be a book about contradictions in the Bible. But it becomes quickly apparent that the contradictions are really in Enns’s own worldview. He claims the Canaanite conquest is immoral, yet argues the Bible provides no clear guide for morality. He claims the Bible pres...
For the Bible Tells Me So is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Daniel G. Karslake about homosexuality and its perceived conflict with Christianity, as well as various interpretations of what the Bible says about sexual orientation.
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Mar 26, 2017 · Transcript The Bible Tells Me So . KEVIN HARRIS: It's a big church, and the pastor is well-known. What exactly did Andy Stanley mean in a recent sermon at North Point Community Church? Did Andy Stanley deny biblical authority? Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, seems to think he did.
Non-religious explanations and history. Stories. Dimension of Life explained. Good read. An explanation of what it was about, how it came together, what ancient mystery is about.
