Product Highlights

• Offers explanations of over 500 tough Bible passages
• Combines the content of 5 popular Hard Sayings Series books with commentary on 100 passages not previously covered
• Features 12 introductory articles on miracles, the reliability of Scripture, God's character, genealogies, differences among Gospel accounts and more
• Offers historical, cultural, linguistic and just plain common-sense perspective on difficult passages

Are you grappling with a difficult verse in the Bible? And are you looking for a short, easy-to-read answer that really makes sense without explaining away the verse?

Hard Sayings of the Bible is the handy reference book you need. Here you will find explanations of over 500 of the most troubling verses to test the minds and hearts of Bible readers. Four seasoned scholars, all with a notable gift for communicating with people in the pew, take you behind the scenes to find succinct solutions to a wide variety of Bible difficulties, ranging from discrepancies about numbers to questions about God's justice.

Historical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds shed light on these passages and not only help explain what they meant in biblical times but also show how they are relevant today.

Now carefully cross-referenced with over 100 new verses explained, as well as a dozen new introductory articles on chronology, miracles, archeology, prophecy and more, Hard Sayings of the Bible offers the combined resources of five previous volumes that have over 250,000 copies in print.

If you find yourself tied up in scriptural knots, here's the book that will help you cut through them.

• Explanations of over 500 tough Bible passages
• Helps readers discover the relevance of the Bible teaching for today
• Extensive cross-references
• Combines the content of 5 popular Hard Sayings Series books with commentary on 100 passages not previously covered
• 12 introductory articles on miracles, the reliability of Scripture, God's character, genealogies, differences among Gospel accounts and more
• Offers historical, cultural, linguistic and just plain common-sense perspective on difficult passages

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