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New vision for an old story : why the Bible might not be the book you think it is / Anne Robertson.

by Robertson, Anne, 1959- author.

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Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2018.

Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

9780802874573 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

xii, 158 pages ; 22 cm

Introduction: What do you see in the Bible? -- The story frame: invitation to relationship -- The optics of truth: seeing through a dark glass -- Squinting for God: did God inspire the Bible? -- Re-viewing power: the influence of the storyteller -- Focus on the promise: moving from fear to hope -- Grinding the lenses: the story of suffering -- The unseen: encountering mystery and miracle -- 20/20 vision: stories that bear fruit.

When Anne Robertson asked a bunch of people on the street what came to mind when they heard the word Bible, she was met with a flood of mixed responses, including "wisdom," "truth," and "love", but also such words as "myth," "lies," "bigotry," and "poison." What she realized was that we all read the Bible through filtered lenses, according to our varied expectations of what the Bible is or should be. But, as Robertson shows here, the Bible as a whole is primarily God's story--a story of relationship, community, and love. Robertson's New Vision for an Old Story gives readers the right lenses to see beyond the printed page to the God who encounters us in dynamic relationship and transforms our lives. The very nature and message of Scripture are rooted in incarnation. When we need to navigate community, truth, fear, and suffering, the Bible-- God's own story--can guide us through it all.

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