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“The Bible is not a Christian owner’s manual but a story—a diverse story of God and how his people have connected with him over the centuries, in changing circumstances and situations.”
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
“I used to laugh at that old wheeze about a man wanting his son to be better than he was, but as I get older it seems less funny and more true.”
― Different Seasons
― Different Seasons
“We understand today that the physical universe is bigger and older and operates very differently than how the biblical writers, and all other ancient people, thought. Many Christians stumble over this, thinking they are showing respect for the Bible and obeying God by making the biblical story mesh with modern science, or rejecting modern science entirely in favor of God’s Word. But there is no need to feel embarrassed or unfaithful by acknowledging that ancient writers wrote from an ancient mind-set. When ancient Israelites wrote as they did about the physical world, they were expressing their faith in God in ways that fit their understanding. It shouldn’t get our knickers in a twist to admit that, from a scientific point of view, they were wrong. That doesn’t make their faith or the God behind it all any less genuine.”
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
“You were having nightmares, Marshal. Serious nightmares.” “I’m in a mental institution on an island in a hurricane,” Teddy said. “Touché,” Cawley said.”
― Shutter Island
― Shutter Island
“Readers who come to the Bible expecting something more like an accurate textbook, a more-or-less objective recalling of the past—because, surely, God wouldn’t have it any other way—are in for an uncomfortable read. But if they take seriously the words in front of them, they will quickly find that the Bible doesn’t deliver on that expectation. Not remotely.”
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
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