This book addresses ten common questions concerning the Bible that the author has been asked by non-Christians.
As would be expected from the title, the reliability of the Bible is discussed at length, but it also deals with less obvious questions such as those about sex, sexuality and war. These chapters were probably my favourite.
I liked the highly intellectual but readable style (post-modernism never seemed so easy to understand!)
The only criticism that I have was that I already knew much of the material, but as the intended audience was those with no or little knowledge about the Bible that's fine!
As would be expected from the title, the reliability of the Bible is discussed at length, but it also deals with less obvious questions such as those about sex, sexuality and war. These chapters were probably my favourite.
I liked the highly intellectual but readable style (post-modernism never seemed so easy to understand!)
The only criticism that I have was that I already knew much of the material, but as the intended audience was those with no or little knowledge about the Bible that's fine!
This book is a treatment on tolerance and how it has changed for the worse from an evangelical Christian perspective.
It is brilliant; I read this almost entirely during my lunch break and despite often having a fried head from work, this book remained completely immersing and gripping.
The discussion of the history of tolerance was fascinating and served as an excellent example of good research and scholarly reading. The section about the semantic changes was enlightening, thought-provoking and enjoyable.
Carson is exceedingly well-read and seems to demonstrate significant capability in theology, history, politics, law and philosophy here.
It is littered with contemporary examples to illustrate his points which keeps it fresh and engaging amongst the theory which would still be interesting without it.
Easy read, but not entertaining in the usual sense - just fascinating.
In one word: Magisterial.
It is brilliant; I read this almost entirely during my lunch break and despite often having a fried head from work, this book remained completely immersing and gripping.
The discussion of the history of tolerance was fascinating and served as an excellent example of good research and scholarly reading. The section about the semantic changes was enlightening, thought-provoking and enjoyable.
Carson is exceedingly well-read and seems to demonstrate significant capability in theology, history, politics, law and philosophy here.
It is littered with contemporary examples to illustrate his points which keeps it fresh and engaging amongst the theory which would still be interesting without it.
Easy read, but not entertaining in the usual sense - just fascinating.
In one word: Magisterial.