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Ebook About Instant New York Times BestsellerRob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined—and offers a cogent argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way.In Love Wins, Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith. Using the same inspired, inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, the Bible. What Is the Bible? provides insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives.Rob takes us deep into actual passages to reveal the humanity behind the Scriptures. You cannot get to the holy without going through the human, Rob tells us. When considering a passage, we shouldn’t ask "Why did God say . . .?" To get to the heart of the Bible’s meaning, we should be asking: "What’s the story that’s unfolding here and why did people find it important to tell it? What was it that moved them to record these words? What was happening in the world at that time? What does this passage/story/poem/verse/book tell us about how people understood who they were and who God was at that time?" In asking these questions, Rob goes beyond the one-dimensional question of "is it true?" to reveal the Bible’s authentic transformative power.Rob addresses the concerns of all those who see the Bible as God’s Word but are troubled by the ethical dilemmas, errors, and inconsistencies in Scripture. With What Is the Bible?, he recaptures the Good Book’s magic and reaffirms its power and inspiration to shape and inspire our lives today.Book What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything Review :
In What Is the Bible?, Rob Bell does for the Bible what he did for Hell in Love Wins – completely distorts it to the point that it loses all meaning and purpose. Using his now familiar style of asking more questions than providing solutions, Bell creatively and effectively leads his readership to consider his views on Scripture as being superior to more orthodox ones. In the process he guts the Bible of its true value.Bell promises to teach his eager audience how to read the Bible in a whole new way (p. 4, cf p. 219). What he does, in fact, is merely repackage in modern form the same old ideas stemming from the early days of Higher Criticism. In the 18th century leading churchman such as Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) and Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) successfully floated that the Bible was a human book, written by men to promote their particular agendas, and views, about everything from life to God. This new way of reading the Bible led to theological liberalism. Later Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) made demythologizing the Scriptures popular. The idea was that most of the Bible was comprised of inaccurate myths and stories told from a human perspective. Yet, while these stories were untrue, there were lessons and principles that could be gained from the fabrications. The task of the Bible reader is to find the meaning behind the myths. Combining the higher critics with Bultmann, Bell has reintroduced an old way of reading the Bible to a new generation without any reference to the past and the devastation it caused.The one positive take-away from Bell’s method is his pleading for the Bible reader to move beyond the surface. We need to ask the text questions, look under the rocks, dig deeper. Where Bell strays is through faulty use of word studies, unbiblical resources, and misguided insinuations, whereby he is able to come to conclusions unsupportable by the text. Therefore Bell believes Moses is still sexually capable at the end of his life (pp. 10-11), claims to know with certainty what Jesus wrote on the ground in John 8 (p. 30-31), thinks it is crazy when churches limit the ministry of women (p. 34), believes Ruth seduced Boaz (p. 49), says that Ehud is the story of how violence does not solve anything (p. 70), purports that Abraham is “in on the joke” of Isaac’s sacrifice (p. 110), distorts Christ’s resurrection (p. 185), rejects the account of Ananias and Sapphira (pp. 235-240), claims God did not set up the sacrificial system (p. 244), rejects the idea that Jesus had to die (pp. 239-246), says that predestination is ridiculous (pp. 247-252), denies God’s wrath (pp. 256-258), believes all people are saints (p. 260) and have been forgiven (p. 261), says the Bible contradicts itself (pp. 275, 279-282), rejects a personal Satan (pp. 275-277), and promotes biblical inspiration only in the same sense we might say that music is inspired (pp. 281-287).Probably the main message drawn from What Is the Bible? is that the Bible is a thoroughly human book. It “is not a Christian book”; it “is a book about what it means to be human” (p. 4). It is not about Jesus and a narrow way to God (p. 16). Rather the Bible is a book produced purely by people sans any direct revelation from God (pp. 116-117, 188, 243-246, 266-267, 291, 295-296). As a result, the Bible has all the problems, errors, contradictions, and wrong values that can be found in any human literature: “The Bible was written by people. People with perspectives, grounded in their cultures and times and places” (p. 243). Thus “God didn’t set up the sacrificial system. People did” (p. 244). This leads to the invention of the crucifixion. Bell writes, “God didn’t need to kill someone to be ‘happy’ with humanity. What kind of God would that be? Awful. Horrific. What the first Christians did was interpret Jesus’s death through the lens of the sacrificial system [which of course they created, not God]” (p. 245). We, according to Bell, have misunderstood the cross-story all along. “The truth is, the story as we read it is actually a giant leap forward. It’s a story about humanity growing in maturity, leaving behind the idea that the divine needs blood. That’s the giant leap that’s happening in the New Testament. The Bible is a reflection of a growing and expanding human consciousness” (p. 245). In response to a direct question, “Is the Bible the Word of God?” Bell does his usual dance: “Yes. Lots of things are” (p. 266). The Word of God can be found through books, human words, and experiences. “There are lots of words of God and you can and should listen to them all” (p. 267). In other words, there is nothing unique about the Bible; it is just one source, of a multitude, that is God’s word (see p. 173). Biblical accounts are often exaggerations (p. 80) and pure fabrications (p. 103) according to Bell. Nevertheless we are assured that we can learn something from the stories anyway (pp. 94, 103, 240).The other major theme Bell advances is his form of universalism which he popularized in his previous book Love Wins. Bell rejects a God of wrath (pp. 226-258), believes that everyone is a child of God and forgiven (pp. 51, 105, 112, 115, 145, 200-201, 252, 256-258, 260-262), that all things will be reconciled (p. 53), and we are all saints, not sinners (p. 260).Bell can distort virtually every message found in Scripture merely by proclaiming that the Bible is open to many interpretations. He references Rabbi Kushner’s commentary in which each chapter offers a different interpretation of the same text (pp. 79-81, 317). This proves, Bell believes, that there are not right answers or interpretations: “There are lots of ways to read it…you dance with it” (p. 81). But bottom line is that we sit in authority over the Bible, rather than it being in authority over us (p. 272).What Is the Bible is a warmed over liberal approach to reading Scripture. There is nothing new within its pages, although Bell promises a whole new way of reading the Bible. The author has merely refreshed and popularized this older, destructive form of approaching Scripture for a new generation, many of whom will lap up Bell’s poison to their detriment.Reviewed by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor-teacher, Southern View Chapel As much as I hate to say it, there isn’t much middle ground when it comes to Rob Bell. And really none of that comes from Rob himself or at least the ideas he puts forth have always striven to continue what he has called God’s always expanding ‘inclusivity in the exclusivity’ (I might also add is a very Barthian way of thinking for you fellow theology nerds). Though early on in my exposure to Rob I was resistant to this thought, as the years have passed I discovered a deep and ever growing need for this, God’s most scandalous action, grace.I say all of this, to acknowledge that most who read this book or engage it have probably already made up their mind on how they will receive it. And when I say most, I include myself, regardless of which side or perspective you find yourself in we come to the book being open or closed to what it holds. But then there is there is this small slice who will pick up this book who don’t know Rob, who don’t know the controversy that was Love Wins, who have a longing for connection with something larger than themselves, or who have been hurt by the structures and systems that have become the ‘church’. This latter group, I would argue, is who Rob has always deeply desired to connect with and bring a needed fresh and good word to. Of course, I believe he also hopes to challenge the machine that has become American Christianity and he hopes to keep journeying alongside those who have resonated with his message but I believe that this is only secondary to that smaller 'slice'.With all this in mind, as a pastor and preacher that has drawn attention for his provocative engagement of the Bible throughout the years, Rob set out to answer many of the questions he has been asked throughout the years from individuals and groups concerning it. These questions helped form this book and ultimately gave it, it’s title. Below are a few my thoughts on What is the Bible? that I hope are helpful if you are considering reading it (and if you decide to read the book, I would love to hear your thoughts as well).The Writing:To receive Rob’s writing well, you have to be familiar with his speech and cadence. If you are not, the formatting of the text alone will drive you up the wall. But if you have heard him speak, for only 10 minutes on an old Nooma or part of an interview, all of a sudden his books have the ability to become very conversational and dare I say intimate.Through this conversational approach, Rob willingly engages topics, subjects, and struggles that many are often afraid to address – especially leaders within the Church. Rob doesn’t run from the complexity found in the text but invites readers to breathe a sigh of relief that whatever question or doubt that might come to mind won’t and can’t scare off God, and reminds readers that God actually welcomes them.The Content:First, a familiar critique of Rob is that he asks a lot of questions but doesn't offer many answers. I might suggest that this critique can’t really be applied to this book as each chapter dives into answering either a stated question or there is an implied thought or question Rob addresses as he champions the complexity of the text, of humanity, and of God. Rob even goes as far early on in the book, as if to address this very thing, by saying “Great Question. Now, an answer.” (73) before diving into a topic.Second, one of the main criticisms of Rob is often that individuals and groups will often say that he doesn’t take the Bible seriously, or seriously enough. For one, I must say if anyone can dedicate writing 300+ pages on the Bible alone, I think their argument might be a bit off.The big three topics I see that individuals will have more questions or resistance with are on the Bible’s authority, inspiration, and inerrancy. Each of these topics can be discussed separately but are intimately linked to one another. Because they are so linked, these three topics ( taking an illustration from Rob’s first book Velvet Elvis) are often viewed as major sections or foundational blocks that make up a ‘wall’ that is the Christian faith. For some removing, challenging, or tweaking any of these blocks causes the whole wall of faith to fall apart and in turn, at the very worst, make the Christian faith useless. While for others, finally being given permission to think deeply on these matters and yes, even to question them is such a freeing opportunity.For those who find themselves in more of the former camp, I believe it would be helpful if you read first NT Wright’s “How Can the Bible Be Authoritative”. In this short 25 page article, Wright puts forth a similar argument to Bell by arguing that the Bible is not the ‘Word of God’ but rather is the word of God because The Word of God (Jesus) has chosen to work in and through the pages, poems, and people found within. Often, especially in Protestant streams of thought, we have conflated Scripture and preaching to a place of authority that only God can dwell and this is where Bell and Wright invite readers to rethink this approach.This is a major shift in thinking for many, which cause the other two topics to have to be addressed and thankfully Rob takes the time to go there.Third, nothing Rob is saying is new (I think I could say this for everyone one of Rob's books). What we see with Rob is simply one of Christianity’s best communicators acting as a springboard for individuals to dive deep in the stream of thought and discussions many thoughtful people have been having since it all began. This would be where I would have my biggest criticism of the book, in that I would love for it to be footnoted or for a footnoted version to become available. This would allow individuals, like myself, who want to explore more on some of things Rob touches on, to be able to engage the source material he is references throughout.My Takeaway:In short, I believe this to be Rob Bell’s best work to date.Like so much of what he does, Rob has the ability to start conversations with individuals and groups that have often felt disregarded or have left behind the Church for whatever reason. His writing invites everyone, regardless of religious stripe (or no stripe at all) into conversation and challenges those like myself, to find a fresh way to articulate the complexities of the Divine and life without simply glossing over or minimizing it. I do not say this lightly, but his closing section of the book called ‘A Note on Growing and Changing’ might contain some of the most important words he has ever written – these are words anyone who is or has or will wrestle with their faith and community need to hear again and again.At it’s very best, this book challenged me to fall in love again with the Bible and at it’s worst, humbled me and reminded me that there is so much more to learn and experience of God in the Bible and in the world we live. 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