Author Mark Wingfield combines his theological training as a pastor
and his skills as a journalist in this exploration of truth and
faithful truth-telling. Truth is often elusive in our culture, but
Wingfield maintains that the Bible has been misused by some to
perpetuate certain kinds of lies and untruths. Exploration of key
biblical texts is woven together with stories drawn from personal
experience and news stories from both church and our present-day
culture. Wingfield points to a lack of real truthfulness that plagues
America in both politics and religion today. We are shouting well-worn
sound bites at each other from opposing platforms. Precious few of us
are willing to step in the middle and facilitate dialogue, and those
poor souls who do often get shot down from both sides. Rampant
self-interest can lead to supporting lies and holding tight to
particular stances that are not aligned with the Bible's ethics of
justice and love. The book begins with the important question, "What
Is Truth?," and explores biblical truth on topics such as creation,
race, climate change, evolution, Jesus and truth, liars in the Bible,
and the truth-telling of the prophets. Final chapters look at the
truth about who we are and what truth looks like in our current
post-Trump era. A study guide is included to help facilitate group
conversation about each chapter.
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Telling the Truth about the Bible and Ourselves
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781506485928
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Stylus Publishing LLC
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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