What happens when we look at the Bible from both sides of the coin?
In Understanding the Bible: Both Sides of the Coin, Dan L. Schilling invites readers to examine Scripture honestly, looking not only at God's commands, promises, grace, and character, but also at the choices, failures, rebellion, repentance, and consequences found throughout the biblical record.
Drawing from familiar and difficult passages of Scripture, this book explores free will, human responsibility, God's plan, Christian faith, obedience, sin, repentance, and the meaning of grace. It considers the lives and choices of biblical figures and asks readers to look carefully at what the biblical text actually says rather than simply accepting familiar explanations.
The book also addresses difficult questions, including the relationship between God's purposes and human choices and the challenging biblical accounts surrounding the conquest of Canaan. Rather than avoiding uncomfortable passages, the author encourages readers to examine them, compare them with Scripture, and think carefully about what they mean.
As the final book in a five-book series, Understanding the Bible: Both Sides of the Coin brings together themes developed throughout the series: free will, God's all-knowing purpose, God's plan, human choice, and the Christian message of grace through Jesus Christ.
The Bible, Schilling argues, shows both sides: how God calls people to live and how human beings actually live. By looking at the whole record, readers are encouraged to approach Scripture with honesty, examine difficult questions, and consider how faith should shape everyday choices.
