Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible
Published on 16. October 2007
262 pages
978-1-59698-542-1 (ISBN)
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In the beginning, the Bible was regarded as the "Good Book," but today it is under relentless attack from left wing audiences, novelists, and screenwriters to justify their own political agendas. But fear not: award-winning religious journalist Robert J. Hutchinson refutes the mockers, skeptics, and deniers in his new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible. Using historical evidence and thorough analysis, Hutchinson not only proves the Bible to be true (and the liberal Left wrong), but also takes the truth one step further?showing how the Bible built and shaped Western civilization. The Bible is the source for the Western ideas of justice, science, and democracy, Hutchinson argues, and without it, Western civilization would not exist.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Chapter One - WHY DO THE HEATHENS RAGE?
- The Bible's enemies
- The elites against the people
- Village idiots . . . er . . . atheists
- Religion the greatest danger to world peace? Think again
- If God is dead . . .
- Chapter Two - THE STONES CRY OUT
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- Archaeological supports for biblical records
- Chapter Three - ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED
- What is meant by biblical inspiration
- What biblical inspiration does and does not mean
- Alleged errors in the Bible
- Alleged inconsistencies in the Bible
- Alleged errors of quotation
- Alleged historical errors in the Bible
- Alleged scientific errors in the Bible
- Alleged moral errors in the Bible
- Chapter Four - IN THE BEGINNING
- And God said: "Let there be light"
- And God said: "Let them be misconstrued"
- The biblical forest
- Chapter Five - BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY
- Ancient Israel's pro-life stance
- Go to your room, or we'll kill you
- Today's "culture wars" rip at our roots
- Planned Parenthood's dark beginnings
- Chapter Six - IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD
- "Created" means we are endowed with dignity and rights
- The dangers of anti-creationist thought
- Faith and charity
- Chapter Seven - KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS
- The Mosaic Law: To amend or not to amend?
- A closer look at the Old Testament laws
- Biblical law was originally word-of-mouth
- Eight great differences
- The law in the writings of St. Paul
- Chapter Eight - SODOM AND GOMORRAH
- Exhibit A: Getting to know you
- Exhibit B: The Levite in Gibeah
- Homosexuality in the ancient world
- The Jewish context
- Homosexuality in the New Testament
- "Go, and sin no more"
- Conclusion
- Chapter Nine - THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD
- The biblical origins of modern science
- Atheists try to take credit for science
- Chapter Ten - YOU WERE CALLED TO FREEDOM
- Slavery in the Hebrew Bible
- Slaves and slavery in the Gospels
- What about Jesus?
- Slavery in the writings of St. Paul
- The Bible against slavery
- Chapter Eleven - ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS
- The biblical origins of universal human rights
- Egalitarianism in early Christianity
- The development of human rights in Christendom
- Chapter Twelve - PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES
- The Old Testament on government
- Rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's
- Development of political freedom in the Middle Ages
- Liberal democracy: The legacy of Christendom
- Chapter Thirteen - WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Jesus and the Zealots
- The quest for the historical Jesus
- Contemporary biblical scholarship
- The lost Gospels
- What do the earliest texts say?
- The bottom line for faith
- Acknowledgements
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Copyright Page
