A Spectator's Guide to the Bible

The Bible is the world's best-selling book, but on many shelves it remains largely unread. John Dickson offers a straightforward guide to the Bible: what it is, how it came to be and its main message. Like a knowledgeable friend, he assumes no prior understanding or beliefs, but unpacks clearly and simply the principal issues involved with reading the Bible. He explains how the Creation accounts in Genesis can be read alongside modern science, what we are to make of the God portrayed...
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The Bible is the world's best-selling book, but on many shelves it remains largely unread. John Dickson offers a straightforward guide to the Bible: what it is, how it came to be and its main message. Like a knowledgeable friend, he assumes no prior understanding or beliefs, but unpacks clearly and simply the principal issues involved with reading the Bible. He explains how the Creation accounts in Genesis can be read alongside modern science, what we are to make of the God portrayed in parts of the Old Testament, who Jesus was and why he came, and how we should read and understand St Paul. Overall he argues that the Bible has a powerful story to tell and one which is as relevant and urgent today as it has ever been.