What's in It for Me? Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives

Download or read book What's in It for Me? Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives written by Stephen Fuchs and published by Aardvark Global Publishing DBA Ecko Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is rapidly dividing between those who take biblical narratives as the literal word of God -- claiming that they are historically and scientifically true --and those who dismiss those narratives as quaint or even foolish fairy tales. WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME invites the reader to discover a middle ground that takes biblical narratives seriously without regard to their historical or scientific truth. The "truth" of these stories has nothing to do with, "Did this really happen?" Their truth emerges in the valuable lessons these stories can teach all of us. As we walk the rich middle ground of biblical narrative, we shall keep one question constantly in mind: Where am I in the text? In other words what do these stories teach ME that can help me to be a more self aware, caring, and compassionate human being?