7 Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible

Just a few years back, Michael F. Bird released a book called 7 Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible. I haven’t read the book, but this summary article is well worth your time. Bird’s seven things:

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 center of the Christian Bible

With these 7 precepts undergirding our approach to the Bible, our study will be greatly improved.

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