What is the Bible?, Rob Bell
What is the Bible?, Rob Bell
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What is the Bible?
How An Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything

Author: Rob Bell

Narrator: Rob Bell

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

Rob 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.

About Rob Bell

Rob Bell is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and spiritual teacher. His books include Love Wins, How to Be Here, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Velvet Elvis, The Zimzum of Love, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. He hosts the weekly podcast The Robcast, which was named by iTunes as one of the best of 2015. He was profiled in The New Yorker and in TIME Magazine as one of 2011’s hundred most influential people. He and his wife, Kristen, have three children and live in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette on May 18, 2017

This book is dangerous. You should read it......more

Goodreads review by R.W. on July 13, 2017

If you love Brian McLaren and Peter Enns on how to read the Bible, you'll probably appreciate this book. And if you have no idea who either of these guys are but still want to find out why people still read this strange and wild library called the Bible, you might love this book. To my ear, Rob Bell......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on July 28, 2017

I read this book not because I identify as being Christian, but because I am so curious about why so many people flock to the bible and read it so religiously. I was raised Christian, and have a basic understanding of the bible and the major stories contained within it, and now identify as agnostic.......more

Goodreads review by Collin on May 14, 2017

In his latest, Rob Bell aims to cast the Bible as less a "religious" book and more of a human book in order to make it accessible to all. He describes the Bible as "a book about what it means to be human," which ends up being his guiding thesis throughout the rest of his work. I appreciated Bell's ur......more

Goodreads review by Adam on June 20, 2017

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......more