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When the Bible is Complicated: Answers to Perplexing Questions is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Bible’s message is very clear: God sent his Son Jesus to sacrifice his life so that we might be saved from sin through a relationship with him. The unfolding of that story gets complicated, and the more we read, the more we have questions: Why does our Bible have the books it has? How do its lessons apply to my life? What’s the best way to study the Bible? Originally published in Bible Study...

“Don’t let the Bible become just another textbook.” At the time, I thought his comment was needless and silly. It didn’t take long, however, for the Bible to become simply a resource for a term paper, a dorm Bible study, or a sermon. And now, after years of teaching, a new insight from the Bible can easily become a profound point to be noted for a lecture, rather than a new insight about the way of God in my life and world. “Sacred reading” is vital—literally—in order to ensure that our Bible study