What if there was a book that dealt with humanitys most pressing questions: What is the meaning of life? Is there a God, and what does the Deity think about us? The good news is that there is such a bookthe bad news is that its the Bible. How is that bad news? The Bible is just not that easy to read. Yet, what if you had help? Does It Really Say That in the Bible? will teach you how to explore the Bible and find out for yourself what it says.

What is the significance of the numbers 7 and 12 in the Bible? Was Jesus a member of a radical sect? Are King Solomon's mines real? The origin of the stories of the Bible is examined through textual analyses and historical perspectives, guiding the reader to a deeper understanding of the Old and New Testaments. Includes black-and-white engravings, maps of important biblical sites, a listing of Jesus's miracles and parables, a chronology of the relationship between political events and accounts in the Bible, a bibliography, and index. Over 40,000 copies sold in previous Wings editions.

In 2019 a series of ten articles by various authors was published on the liberal Anglican website ViaMedia.News under the collective title 'Does the Bible Really Say....?' The purpose of this series was to challenge the belief that the Bible rules out acceptance of same-sex sexual relationships and same-sex marriage. The essays in this book are response to these ViaMedia.News articles. They show that the arguments that these articles put forward are not sustainable in the light of what the Bible actually says. Underlying the current debate in the Church about human sexuality is the question asked of Eve by the snake 'Did God really say?' (Genesis 3:1). Through nature and Scripture God has said clearly that he has created human beings as male and female and has ordained marriage between one man and one woman as the sole legitimate setting for sexual intercourse. We know that this is what God has told us and yet in the face of pressure from our contemporary culture we are tempted to question whether this is what he really meant. It is of the utmost importance that this temptation is resisted. The purpose of this book is to encourage such resistance.

Randy Klassen studies every significant reference to hell in the Bible, seeking an interpretation that both takes the Bible seriously as the very Word of God and harmonizes with the character of the God and "Abba" revealed through Jesus Christ.

Provides the general public and undergraduates with an introductory level text in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.

An examination of sex and the Bible by one of the leading biblical scholars in the United States. For several decades, Michael Coogan's introductory course on the Old Testament has been a perennial favorite among students at Harvard University. In God and Sex, Coogan examines one of the most controversial aspects of the Hebrew Scripture: What the Old Testament really says about sex, and how contemporary understanding of those writings is frequently misunderstood or misrepresented. In the engaging and witty voice generations of students have appreciated, Coogan explores the language and social world of the Bible, showing how much innuendo and euphemism is at play, and illuminating the sexuality of biblical figures as well as God. By doing so, Coogan reveals the immense gap between popular use of Scripture and its original context. God and Sex is certain to provoke, entertain, and enlighten readers.