Inspired Imperfection
How the Bible's Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority

5 of 2020. Gregory Boyd has a complicated relationship with scripture. He became a believer in a denomination that not only believed in the inerrancy of scripture, but also associated that inerrancy with a particular literal interpretation of that scripture. Them, when confronted with other ideas a......more

This book is going to save the faith of so many people!⠀ If you or someone you know have ever struggled with how to reconcile the inconsistencies and errors in the biblical text with the inspired and inerrant view of the scriptures, this book will be your guide. Though this book is fairly academic, G......more

Overall, I think this is a very important contribution to the discussion of the inspiration of scripture. His central claim is that the morally questionable depictions of God, contradictions, and historical inaccuracies found within scripture are made sense of in light of the cross. The summary of t......more

I would like to give 5 stars, but the middle got a little redundant and repetitive. I highly recommend the introduction and the last chapter and the postscript. If you don't trust what he says in these chapters, you can read the rest of the book for resources and proof. If you're already familiar wi......more

Rated two stars for having wrong assumptions, a self-defeating system, some agreement in some conclusions, but the prior two things overshadow whatever tidbits one can lift. Assumptions of the book: Assumption that the Bible is wrong Assumption that the scientists and historians are right Assumption tha......more