{"product_id":"sacred-word-broken-word-biblical-authority-and-the-dark-side-of-scripture-9780802867186","title":"Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture","description":"The Bible is a religious masterpiece. Its authors cast a profound vision for the healing of humanity through the power of divine love, grace and forgiveness. But the Bible also contains dark texts that challenge our ethical imagination. How can one book teach us to love our enemies and also teach us to slaughter Canaanites? Why does a book that preaches the equality of all people -- male and female, slave and free, Greek and Jew -- also include laws that permit God's people to trade in slaves and to persecute those of a different faiths or ethnicities? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSacred Word, Broken Word\u003c\/i\u003e Kenton Sparks argues that the dark side of Scripture is not an illusion. Rather, these dark texts remind us that all human beings, including the biblical authors, stand in need of God's redemptive solution in Jesus Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802867186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2012 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kenton L. Sparks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643601547420,"sku":"9780802867186","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c7d8783a-e93f-4631-ab87-dfe2137abed1.jpg?v=1603856914","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sacred-word-broken-word-biblical-authority-and-the-dark-side-of-scripture-9780802867186","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}