Paul was certainly right. No reasonable law could be forged to prohibit these kinds of virtues. The Bible simply is a beautiful book, and it has influenced the church and our world for the good. In spite of Scripture’s truth and beauty—which I take to be obvious—the clamor leveled against the Bible has increased markedly during the last decade. More and more critics argue that the Bible is a book of genocide, misogyny, child abuse, and slavery, a violent book that has inspired religious wars and