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作       者:Enns, Peter

出  版  社:HarperOne

出版时间:2019-02-19

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Controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger and podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by refusing to provide us with easy answers but instead forces us to acquire wisdom. For many Christians, the Bible is a how-to manual filled with literal truths about belief that must be strictly followed. But the Bible is not static, Peter Enns argues. It does not hold easy answers to the perplexing questions and issues that confront us in our daily lives. Rather, 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, cultivating God’s wisdom within us. “The Bible becomes a confusing mess when we expect it to function as a rulebook for faith. But when we allow the Bible to determine our expectations, we see that Wisdom, not answers, is the Bible’s true subject matter,” writes Enns. This distinction, he points out, is important because when we come to the Bible expecting it to be a textbook intended by God to give us unwavering certainty about our faith, we are actually creating problems for ourselves. The Bible, in other words, really isn’t the problem; having the wrong expectation is what interferes with our reading.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 holy scriptures as an inspired and empowering resource to help us better understand how to live as a person of faith today. How the Bible Actually Works makes clear that there is no one right way to read the Bible. Moving us beyond the damaging idea that “being right” is the most important measure of faith, Enns’s freeing approach to Bible study helps us to instead focus on pursuing enlightenment and building our relationship with God—which is exactly what the Bible was designed to do.
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Cover

Title Page

Maps and Timeline

A Divided Promised Land

Pete’s Pretty Close Timeline of Biblical History

Route of the Babylonian Exile

Dedication

1. The Bible’s True Purpose

Oh Good. Another Book on the Bible.

Three Surprising Things That Make the Bible Worth Reading

God’s Plan A: Wisdom

God Is Not a Helicopter Parent

You Are Not Alone

2. The Bible Doesn’t Really Tell Us What to Do—and That’s a Good Thing

Screwing Up Your Kids Biblically

Fools and Finances

My Big Point, and Then an Even Bigger Point

And an Even Bigger (and Final) Point

The Little and Hidden Things

3. God’s Laws: Evasive and Fidgety Little Buggers

Some Details Would Be Nice, O Lord

Maybe You Didn’t Hear Me: I Want Clarity

Don’t Forget Your PIN

Laws Don’t Stand Still for Very Long

Not to Beat a Dead Lamb, but . . .

Transposing the Past

4. Wisdom = Time + Diversity

Changing the Script

The Most Important Part of the Book Thus Far

This Part Is So Exciting!

You Were There

Peel Me a Sour Grape of Wrath

5. When Everything Changes

Rachel Is Weeping for Her Children

Don’t Put God in a Box, Unless You Want to Be Swallowed by a Fish

Rewriting History

6. What Is God Like?

The Universe Freaks Me Out

The God of the Bible

The Wisdom Question for All of Us

We’re Stuck Being Human

7. Imagining and Reimagining God

You Mean to Tell Me That Actually Worked?

Banking Options

What Does God Have to Be Jealous About?

Tiptoeing Around the Touchy Almighty

8. Interlude: Jesus and All That

God Is __________ (Fill in the Blank)

It’s What Christians Do

Does Your God Recycle?

9. Seriously Updating the Ancient Faith

Adapting to Survive

Standing on a Table Covered in Syrup with My Hair on Fire

We Need to Get This in Writing

Dealing with an Inconsistent (and Somewhat Ridiculous) God

God’s Honor Is at Stake

Angels and Demons

Not Your Father’s Judaism

10. Treasures Old and New

German Christmases and French Drains

Something About Jesus That Doesn’t Get the Attention It Deserves

Jesus, Wisdom from God

Think About It: Four Gospels

11. Reimagining God the Jesus Way

Just Hear Me Out

Paul Reimagines the God of Moses

Going Off Script

1 Temple Avenue, Back Room, Jerusalem

This Land Is My Land

Children of Abraham

12. Dying and Rising for Others

What Is God Up To?

No, Seriously, What Is God Up To?

13. Figuring It Out

Reading Someone Else’s Mail

Does God Influence Elections? Dear Lord, I Hope Not

Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals: No Big Deal, Nothing to See Here

14. Grace and Peace to You

The God of the Here and Now

The Challenge of Wisdom

Acknowledgments

Scripture Index

Subject Index

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher

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