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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
- Narrated by: Dan Kimball, Sean McDowell
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
When Dan Kimball first sat down to meet with a student who was disillusioned by Christianity, he wasn't ready for what he was about to hear. The student had a positive church experience. He was grateful for his youth leader. But he had serious objections to Christianity. Why? He had begun studying the Bible and found he could no longer accept what it taught. Reading the Bible had led him to become an atheist.
In How (Not) to Read the Bible, pastor and best-selling author Dan Kimball tackles one of the most pressing apologetic challenges of the 21st-century church - how do we interpret the Bible?
Kimball introduces several critical principles to utilize when you open a Bible or listen to a verse. Then, he looks at five of the most common challenges that arise when people hear the Bible today, including: the relationship between science and the Bible, the violence we find in the Bible, the treatment of women in the Bible, the odd and strange commands we find in the Bible, and the Bible's controversial claim that there is only one way to know God. Kimball highlights several of the most common passages people find objectionable and shows listeners how to correctly interpret them.
This is an ideal book for those exploring Christianity or new to the faith, as well as Christians who are wrestling with questions about these difficult issues and the challenges of interpreting the Bible. Filled with stories and examples, as well as visual illustrations and memes reflecting popular cultural objections, How (Not) to Read the Bible will motivate listeners who are confused or discouraged by questions they have about the Bible and guides them - step-by-step - to a clear understanding of what the Bible is saying in context. The book can also be taught as a six-week sermon series or used in small groups for study and discussion.
Accompanying images and reference tables are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-21
Worth it.
Insightful, honest, encouraging. For long time believers as well! I enjoyed it thoroughly throughout. Totally worth the listen.
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- Michael
- 16-11-23
ah, fantastic book! so happy that we are finally lookong dee0ly into the Bible. thank you so much for this!
Perfectly answers tough questions in the Bible. loved this book! Cannot wait to bring this into our small groups.
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- S. Andrews
- 05-01-22
Terribly repetitive
Whilst the gist of the book is a worthwhile read I felt the repetition of the points quite irritating. Perhaps it is because the author expects listeners to dip into one or two chapters and not read/listen to the whole book. Perhaps too the ‘audience’ are those who never read the Bible. And if so they would learn more about the ‘god’ they may think the Bible describes than the God who inspired the Bible.
The author is responding to ‘memes’ that must be prevalent in the US that are aggressively anti-Christian in which case the book is good. But would someone who readily accepts such memes be open enough to read this book?
I found the background to the various cultures of the day helpful, though.
I wish I had bought the hard copy to flick through and dip in rather than listen to every word.
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- Angharad Evans
- 19-01-24
Good writer, terrible narrator
The chapter titles suggested interesting material - and the chapter I got through was indeed interesting. But the choice to have the author read instead of a voice actor was a poor one. I’ve had to give up on the book because I can’t bear the odd intonation anymore.
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