Try this one: Pathways in Scripture. It's from a Catholic perspective but then the bible is a Catholic book.
And if you are interested in how the earliest Christians practiced Christianity, try this book: The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers
Oh, and I had to add The How-To Book of the Bible. It clarifies a lot of issues. Check out the reviews!
God bless!
magdelaine
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Honest book about the bible
by GBSJG ini just finished reading the wts book "the bible - god's word or man's?
" and i'm now looking for a book that will handle this matter from a more honest viewpoint.. .
so i'm not looking for an all positive book about the bible or an all negative book about the bible.
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magdelaine
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I'm Sorry
by Lo-ru-hamah inyesterday, my mother, sister, son (3 year old) and i were shunned for the first time by someone that it actually hurt to be shunned by.
my little brother, who is still a very active jw, told us that he will never see us again.
he won't speak to us, write us, or communicate with us again.
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magdelaine
Lou, it must be so painful to be going through what you are right now. On this site, there is a link to an "interventionist" that may be able to help your brother. And the podcasts are excellent as well.
God bless!
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Why is truth is so hard to find in Bible
by The Dragon ini have been studing it for years looking for answers....yet for every answer i find there is a counter to it.
the words themselves are twisted by leaders/teachers to fit their personal opinions and adgendas, as well as twisted by trying to rely on our own reasoning to understand them.. a good example would be the way our current system of laws work.. if the supreme court writes a law into the book..say for example.."evil" is anyone who does this....... it is then turned over to a bunch of undereducated enforcers to interpert and judge others they feel are "evil".
they are allowed to accuse and shoot first asking questions later.
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magdelaine
I'm only throwing this out there because no one else has mentioned it. And honestly I'm shocked, shocked I tell you (tongue firmly planted in cheek), about as shocked as I was to discover that JWs don't believe in the soul and Jesus as God and the redemption of ALL mankind (not just JWs)~and wondering if we were reading the same bible??
The fact is, the bible was compiled out of a series of documents that were floating about in the Christian community in the first couple hundred years after Jesus' death. Who compiled it? The Catholic Church. Why is it inspired? Because Jesus himself commissioned the Church and sent the Holy Spirit to guide it. (Matt. 18:17-18, Matt. 28:20) Do you honestly think that any church could have a straight line of successors and a doctrine on faith and morals that has been UNCHANGED for 2000 years and NOT be guided by the Holy Spirit? It defies imagination.
The point is, if you need to consult the "authors" of the bible, look to the Church. St. Paul called the Church the "pillar and foundation of truth". The truth is there, I promise you. God loves each of you so much!! It makes me so sad to know how corrupted and twisted a message you have received from your teachers.
I know you think I must be crazy, right? But, the bible is to be understood in a straightforward way, and Catholic interpretation is the most straightforward of all. Don't take my word for it. Try it yourself. Start with the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concentrating on Jesus' own words. Read them straight through, like reading a story, no cherry-picked scriptures, no interpretation. And get yourself a bible translation that YOU can read (I can't stand archaic-sounding bibles like the KJV, but that is my preference). When you get to the end, you will be well on your way to REALLY understanding what God intends for the human soul. Do a search on Catholic doctrine. Does it seem to reflect what you read, yourself? Decide for yourself!
God bless! I am praying for you all...