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The Bible Speaks to You /

by Robert McAfee Brown
Published by : Westminster Press (Philadelphia :) , 1955, Physical details: 320 pages, 22 cm.
Subject(s): Theology, Doctrinal | Bible
Language(s): English
Year: 1955
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B542 Biblical Studies مقدمات ودراسات الكتاب المقدس Available 54502

Getting our bearings (What is the Bible) -- Mostley facts and figures (Where did the Bible come from?) -- On asking the right question (How does God make himself known?) -- God, Genesis, and geology (Where did everything come from?) -- Two sides of the same coin-and a summing up (What do words like 'Judge, ' 'Redeemer, ' and 'Trinity' mean?) -- A claim and some challenges (What about predestination and miracles?) -- The unexpected character of the good news (What makes Jesus so important?) -- Turning a terrorizer topsy-turvey (How does Jesus "change" people?) -- When God took a chance (Why did people want to kill Jesus?) -- The place of the skull (What is the cross all avbout?) -- A threat to the whole business (Why is there evil?) -- Meeting ugly facts head on (What does God do about evil?) -- On the one hand ... On the other hand (Who am I?) -- A full scale reconstruction job (How can I be changed?) -- But surely you don't go to church! (Why isn't "individual religion" enough?) -- A strange new world (Last judgment? Second coming? What do they mean?) -- The facts of life-and death (What happens when I die?) -- Theme and variation (I try to live a good life. Why isn't that enough?) -- An examination of the social or corporate dimension of Biblical ethics, together with a repudiation of the way of legalism or "Pharisaism" to which is annexed a treatment of the New Testament faith in "Christian liberty" (Why can't I live by a set of rules?) -- The not-so-simple teachings of Jesus, with footnote on Paul (What does it mean to love my neighbor?) -- Becoming very specific (What does the Bible say about sex and marriage and the problem of work?) -- The Bible and ballots (You mean religion and politicst do mix?) -- The Bible and bullets (What does the Christian do about war?) -- Mystery and meaning (Now what?).

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