Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers....

Bishop, Bible scholar, and bestselling author N. T. Wright here provides a series of case studies on how to apply the Bible to the pressing issues of today. Among the topics Wright addresses are the intersection of religion and science, why women should be allowed to be ordained, what we get wrong and how we can do better when Christians engage in politics, why the Christian belief in heaven means we should be at the forefront of the environmental...

The author begins by briefly explaining to the generalist the basics about the Bible's text, composition, canonicity, and the like. He then tackles what the Bible has to say or not say about 12 challenging topics including race, women, wealth, and science.

The author provides his perspective on the life and significance of Jesus, maintaining the New Testament is filled with contradictions about who Jesus was, how salvations works, and the descriptions of Jesus' birth and death in the four gospels.

"Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us? That's exactly the idea behind Life with Cod, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible." "With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, Life with...

Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. In these pages he draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the nature of language, the ancient practice of lectio divina, and the role of Scripture translations, included here is the "inside story" behind Peterson's own...

"At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men cannot do without it; the other, that they cannot do with it as it is." In this towering 1875 work, Arnold grapples with the problem of finding religious meaning in a scientific age.

This book offers updated explanations of the sins of interpretation to teach sound grammatical, lexical, cultural, theological, and historical Bible study practices.

"Providing fascinating historical and scriptural insights, this guide demystifies more than 40 Bible verses and stories, ranging from strange accounts to hard to accept statements. Readers will learn the context of each passage, and how it applies to modern times, and will become more confident about interpreting God's Word accurately--