Seven Things I Wish Christians

Knew about the Bible

by Dr Michael Bird

*** CHAPTER TITLES ***

1. The Bible Didn’t Fall Out of the Sky

2. The Bible Is Divinely Given and Humanly Composed

3. Scripture Is Normative, Not Negotiable

4. The Bible Is for Our Time, But Not about Our Time

5. We Should Take the Bible Seriously, But Not Always Literally

6. The Purpose of Scripture Is Knowledge, Faith, Love, and Hope

7 Christ Is the Centre of the Christian Bible

--- Or in plainer language ---

1. How the Bible was put together

2. What “inspiration” means

3. How the Bible is true

4. Why the Bible needs to be rooted in history

5. Why literal interpretation is not always the best interpretation

6. How the Bible gives us knowledge, faith, love, and hope

7. How Jesus Christ is the center of the Bible.