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The Bible and Modern Literature-A podcast for literature lovers curious about the Bible, and Bible-lovers curious about literature.

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Book Cover for: Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus, Jared Byas

Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus

Jared Byas
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“John uses the word truth more than any other writer in the Bible. Not one time does he use it to refer to ‘accurate beliefs.’ But over and over he uses it to encourage Christians to ‘walk in the truth.’” --Jared Byas, Love Matters More

Paperback, 2020

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament, Melissa Florer-Bixler

Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament

Melissa Florer-Bixler
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Most acts of hatred toward Muslims happen during elections. The violence peaks as the the rhetoric of otherness . . . pulls us away from one another. --Melissa Florer-Bixler, Fire by Night

Paperback, 2019

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Poems, Maria Rilke

Poems

Maria Rilke
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Listening to "Episode 8: Rainer Maria Rilke's Love Poems to God, Book I, Poem 4" at https://t.co/STEKKe4BD9

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Book Cover for: Poems, Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Listening to "Episode 8: Rainer Maria Rilke's Love Poems to God, Book I, Poem 4" at https://t.co/STEKKe4BD9

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Book Cover for: Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics, Eugene Cho

Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian's Guide to Engaging Politics

Eugene Cho
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@natahshapriya Eugene Cho forwards a strong argument in Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk that Christians--including evangelicals--range across the political spectrum and are not bound to one party.

Paperback, 2020

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Poems, Rainer Maria Rilke

Poems

Rainer Maria Rilke
The Bible and Modern Literature PodcastThe Bible and Modern Literature Podcast

Listening to "Episode 8: Rainer Maria Rilke's Love Poems to God, Book I, Poem 4" at https://t.co/STEKKe4BD9

Paperback, 2019

$20.20Member price:$10.10 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. Harriet Tubman: Dot grid paper, Sarah Cullen

Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. Harriet Tubman: Dot grid paper

Sarah Cullen
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If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. --Harriet Tubman

Paperback, 2019

$5.99Member price:$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It, Peter Enns

The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It

Peter Enns
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@Brayo_L I recommend Peter Enns's book The Bible Tells Me So for an explanation of what scholars call Divine Violence. But perhaps more importantly, what is your view? Do you think God ordered the killing of medieval/Renaissance women as witches, and therefore it was justified?

Paperback, 2015

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book