Summary of Peter Enns's How the Bible Actually Works

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 I love the Bible. I want to help you love it, too. -> The Bible was not designed to provide clear answers. It was designed to provide spiritual guidance. When we come to the Bible expecting it to be an instructional manual, we are actually creating problems for ourselves.

#2 The Bible is not a source book for certainty in matters of faith.

#3 The Bible is not a source book for certainty in matters of faith. It is ancient, ambiguous, and diverse, which are not rough patches along the way that we need to deal with but rather what make the Bible worth reading.

#4 The Bible was not designed to provide clear answers. It was designed to provide spiritual guidance. When we come to the Bible expecting it to be an instructional manual, we are actually creating problems for ourselves.