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How the Bible actually works, in which I explain how an ancient, ambiguous, and diverse book leads us to wisdom rather than answers - and why that's great news, Peter Enns

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How the Bible actually works*, *in which I explain how an ancient, ambiguous, and diverse book leads us to wisdom rather than answers - and why that's great news, Peter Enns

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eng

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mapsillustrations

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index present

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non fiction

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How the Bible actually works*

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Peter Enns

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*in which I explain how an ancient, ambiguous, and diverse book leads us to wisdom rather than answers - and why that's great news

Summary

What if the Bible were a tool to generate wisdom, rather than answers? For many Christians, the Bible is a how-to manual filled with literal truths about belief that must be strictly followed. But the bible isn't an instruction manual or a rule book, argues Bible scholar Peter Enns - instead, it's a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth. Rather than giving us easy answers to the perplexing questions and issues that confront us in our daily lives, the Bible is a dynamic instrument for study that not only offers an abundance of insights but provokes us to find our own answers to spiritual questions; ultimately, it cultivates God's wisdom within us. Rather than considering the Bible as an ancient book weighed down with problems, flaws and contradictions that must be defended by modern readers, Enns offers a vision of the Scriptures as an inspired and empowering resource to help us better understand how to live as people of faith today, and how to build our relationship with God

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