Reading the Bible Again for the First Time

In this episode, I will review another book by Biblical scholar Rev. Marcus Borg. titled:" Reading the Bible Again for the First Time”. Rev. Borg had been studying and teaching the Bible in private and public colleges, universities and graduate schools for over 35 years when he wrote these books. The books represent a departure from the traditional way of seeing Jesus and the Bible. He says it this way: "As we enter the 21st century, we need a new set of lenses through which to read the Bible. The older set, ground and polished by modernity, no longer works for millions of people. These lenses need to be replaced. The older way of seeing and reading the Bible, which I will soon describe, has made the Bible incredible and irrelevant for vast numbers of people.....one of my central purposes in this book is....to provide Christians with a persuasive way of seeing and reading their sacred scriptures, a way that takes the Bible seriously without taking it literally." Perhaps you are one of those vast number of people for whom the Bible has become "incredible and irrelevant".