Sunday, March 18, 2012

Jennifer Wright Knust:

The only way that the Bible can be regarded as straightforward and simple is if no one bothers to read it.  As I had already gathered as a child, the Bible is not only contradictory but complex.  Biblical books take sides, they disagree with one another, they intentionally change earlier teachings, and they make irreconcilable claims about human life and the nature of God.

Unprotected Texts, p. 10

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