What Is the Bible?

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Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.In Love Wins, Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith Using the same inspired, inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, the Bible What Is the Bible provides insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives.Rob takes us deep into actual passages to reveal the humanity behind the Scriptures You cannot get to the holy without going through the human, Rob tells us When considering a passage, we shouldn t ask Why did God say To get to the heart of the Bible s meaning, we should be asking What s the story that s unfolding here and why did people find it important to tell it What was it that moved them to record these words What was happening in the world at that time What does this passage story poem verse book tell us about how people understood who they were and who God was at that time In asking these questions, Rob goes beyond the one dimensional question of is it true to reveal the Bible s authentic transformative power.Rob addresses the concerns of all those who see the Bible as God s Word but are troubled by the ethical dilemmas, errors, and inconsistencies in Scripture With What Is the Bible , he recaptures the Good Book s magic and reaffirms its power and inspiration to shape and inspire our lives today. 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Author Rob Bell For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book is dangerous You should read it3.75 One of his stronger books Still not as fresh and vibrant as Velvet Elvis, but I think it will have a big impact on teens and twenty somethings who are starting to question the narrow interpretations of the Bible they ve grown up with in conservative churches Bell stresses the importance of reading the Bible literately rather than literally always looking deeper than surface facts to see what s really going on here seeking to understand the background of Jewish practice and Roman occup 3.75 One of his stronger books Still not as fresh and vibrant as Velvet Elvis, but I think it will have a big impact on teens and twenty somethings who are starting to question the narrow interpretations of the Bible they ve grown up with in conservative churches Bell stresses the importance of reading the Bible literately rather than literally always looking deeper than surface facts to see what s really going on here seeking to understand the background of Jewish practice and Roman occupation at the time of Jesus Bell emphasizes that this is a disparate set of books written by fallible people who were defined by their own historical contex...If you love Brian McLaren and Peter Enns on how to read the Bible, you ll probably appreciate this book And if you have no idea who either of these guys are but still want to find out why people still read this strange and wild library called the Bible, you might love this book.To my ear, Rob Bell is a preacher, a poet, and a scholar, drawing from a wide range of disciplines without ever m...In his latest, Rob Bell aims to cast the Bible as less a religious book andof a human book in order to make it accessible to all He describes the Bible as a book about what it means to be human, which ends up being his guiding thesis throughout the rest of his work.I appreciated Bell s urge to read the Bible literately rather than literally, a literate reader being o...As much as I hate to say it, there isn t much middle ground when it comes to Rob Bell And really none of that comes from Rob himself or at least the ideas he puts forth have always striven to continue what he has called God s always expanding inclusivity in the exclusivity I might also add is a very Barthian way of thinking for you fellow theology nerds Though early on in my exposure to Rob I was resistant to this thought, as the years have passed I discovered a deep and ever growing need As much as I hate to say it, there isn t much middle ground when it comes to Rob Bell And really none of that comes from Rob himself or at least the ideas he puts forth have always striven to continue what he has called God s always expanding inclusivity in the exclusivity I might also add is a very Barthian way of thinking for you fellow theology nerds Though early on in my exposure to Rob I was resistant to this thought, as the years have passed I discovered a deep and ever growing need for this, God s most scandalous action, grace.I say all of this, to acknowledge that most who read this book or engage it have probably already made up their mind on how they will receive it And when I say most, I include myself, regardless of which side or perspective you find yourself in we come to the book being open or closed to what it holds But then there is there is this small slice who will pick up t...I read this book not because I identify as being Christian, but because I am so curious about why so many people flock to the bible and read it so religiously I was raised Christian, and have a basic understanding of the bible and the major stories contained within it, and now identify as agnostic But I still do not understand the commitment so many people have to the Bible So, I picked this book up to try and gain some clarity around that Holy shit This book has totally revolutionized the I read this book not because I identify as being Christian, but because I am so curious about why so many people flock to the bible and read it so religiously I was raised Christian, and have a basic understanding of the bible and the major stories contained within it, and now identify as agnostic But I still do not understand the commitment so many people have to the...I m glad I read this challenging book I benefited from this book, but probably not in the way he intended Rob Bell makes many points I agree with However, he s also logically inconsistent, at times condescending, and most strangely, he leaves the reader with virtually no direction on how to take next steps related the points he s trying to make He wants readers to look deeper in the Bible for meaning that isn t apparent on first reading, but gives virtually no useful guidance on how to do th I m glad I read this challenging book I benefited from this book, but probably not in the way he intended Rob Bell makes many points I agree with However, he s also logically inconsistent, at times condescending, and most strangely, he leaves the reader with virtually no direction on how to take next steps related the points he s trying to make He wants readers to look deeper in the Bible for meaning that isn t apparent on first reading, but gives virtually no useful guidance on how to do this He forcefully shares his ideas about what this deeper meaning is, but ironically, at the same time warns against listening to what others tell you the Bible means In Ch 42 he says even authors of the Bible are only giving you their perspective on God s perspective and not to confuse their perspec...This just did not do it for me Bell brings up some interesting ideas in the beginning and then skates over them to exclaim how cool and interesting something else is His writing style is conversational, which is fine, but the liberal italics and bolded phrases become exhausting.And here s what I as a Christian am really concerned about Bell continually emphasizes the Bible s being written by humans Again and again, with very little discussion on the Divine that causes us to read and form doc This just did not do it for me Bell brings up some interesting ideas in the beginning and then skates over them to exclaim how cool and interesting something else is His writing style is conversational, which is fine, but the liberal italics and bolded phrases become exhausting.And here s what I as a Christian am really concerned about Bell continually emphasizes the Bibl...If you have everything figured out don t read this If you are capable of admitting the possibility and validity of different perspectives you may gain some new insights Love the sources at the end.This is an intriguing, irresistible, dangerous book that turns the Bible inside out and upside down Rob Bell is a great writer This book is probably the high point of his efforts over the years to teach the Bible in an intriguing, refreshing and irresistible way And it s hard to argue he doesn t achieve what he sets out to do The only problem is 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What Is the Bible?
  • 17 May 2017
  • ebook
  • 336 pages
  • 0062194283
  • Rob Bell
  • What Is the Bible?