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Ray Comfort covers, in a nutshell, subjects from medicine and biology to astronomy and archaeology - all in his easy-to-read and entertaining style. For its quick overview of the highlights of the Bible's scientific accuracy, this little book is in my top ten. But then, in my humble opinion, Ray Comfort is one of the best writers ever.

It is a good book but a little dull...I was surprised it was such a small book though...but buy it anyway

I am summarizing, paraphrasing and using this information in my science classes. Excellent for pointing out science in the Bible and how the Bible's truths have been revealed through time/science. I am using this as part of a creation science presentation.

This is the silliest, goofiest book I have read in a long time. There is no gentle way to say this: the author is a man of exceedingly modest intellectual capacity. He does not understand evolution. He does not understand science. He has an idiosyncratic understanding of the Bible that one can only marvel at - or else heartily laugh at!

If his intended audience was kindergarten classes, then he has been successful.

Here are some examples of the Bible's science:

Evidence of atoms: "things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Hebrews 11:3

Radio waves: "Can you send lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?" Job 38:35

Job 38:19 "Where is the way where light dwells?" This implies electromagnetic radiation and light travelling at 186,000 mpsecond.

By talking of heavens & "highest heavens", the Bible was explaining galaxies and clusters of galaxies.

"...neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field..." Exodus 22:31 He hails this as insight into bacterial contamination!

He quotes a lot of notable people on their biblical faith - but most are centuries dead and not a few are taken out of context (e.g. Einstein who clearly stated his "God" was not the Christian God). His section on archeology is a farce - or state of the art for the 17th century if you prefer. His discussion of evolution is so warped as to make one wonder if he has EVER bothered reading even a high school biology textbook.

I don't think any reasonable, rational, semi-conscious Christian can take much "comfort" in this embarrassing book. I went to Comfort's web site to get further insight and I came away thinking this is a man with a GIANT ego and he has absolutely no basis for his self-congratulatory egotism.

This book is useless, except for chuckles.

I am a Christian, and I certainly don't think you have to be an idiot to believe in the Bible and I think there are some wonderful sources in the world if you feel pressed to justify your beliefs on an intellectual level, BUT...this is not one of those sources. It is full of mistakes and misinformation. I hope it is accidental rather than deliberate, but I do have to warn you that using these arguments to justify the Christian faith will only feed the secular view that there is nothing intelligent about Christianity.
He tells outright lies about Columbus that even a grade-schooler could catch (as another reviewer mentioned)...buy something by Chuck Missler instead...he's a little more esoteric, but a far better scientist and scholar (as well as a Bible believer).

As best as I can determine, this is the only paperback edition of the King James Version with all 80 books included on the market. As such, as you're after one this will have to be it and I've bought more than one myself.
Unfortunately, the notes in the back are not Christian (they contain a lot of so-called 'higher criticism') and perhaps this explains why the word 'Holy' is not included on the cover also. The type in the part before Genesis is a little small in parts but most people don't buy this kind of edition for the sake of those words anyway.

I was glad to find a 1611 KJV with apocrypha. The text is easy to read and is same English used in he revised authorized KJV we currently have today. What else can I say about the content, other than it is - God's Holy Word!

I have owned my copy for 4 years, and I use it regularly. The first problem I had was the size of the book. It is so thick, it is almost cube-like in appearance. The thickness makes the book cumbersome to handle. Second, the paperback binding is weak. The entire Gospel of Luke has liberated from the binding. I have glued it back several times. Each time a few more pages come loose.

This reviewer got this surprisingly low priced edition of the King James Bible (KJV) because of historical interest and to win a friendly wager. A young lady who is Protestant and this reviewer discussed the KJV, and we agreed that based on the Epistle Dedacatory,dedicated to King James I of England (1603-1625), that the KJV was an anti-Catholic Bible. However, she disagreed that the original KJV had the Aprocrypha Books which are in all Catholic bibles but not in most Protestant bibles. So, the friendly wager was made, and this reviewer won this friendly wager.

The editors' Introduction is of historical interest. There are good comments on the different arrangement of the Hebrew Bible (for Christians the Old Testament) and the Christian Old Testament. In the earliest editions of the Christian Bible,the Apocrypha Books (Judith, Tobit or Tobias, Baruch, Ecclesiasticus,not to be confused with Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and I Maccabees and II Maccabees)were part of the Christian Bible for over a thousand years. Readers should note that for political and religious reasons, this rearrangement was made by 400 AD.

Another point the editors made in the introduction was that the KJV and other editions of the Bible were based on what might be called layers of translations. Much of the Hebrew Bible was originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic. The editors speculate that Hebrew, the oldest known biblical language, may have been introduced to the Ancient Hebrews from other Mesopotamian peoples. The first known translation of the Hebrew Bible or most of it was made between c. 287-247 BC whereby the Hebrew was translated into Greek. This translation was known as the Septuagint and exposed the Hebrew Bible to larger readership. Many of the Ancient scholars in Western Civilization knew Greek but not Hebrew.

As mentioned above, St. Jerome (346-420 AD) translated the Latin Vulgate Bible which, again, was the Christian Bible in Western Europe. The editors noted that as early as St. Jerome, the Christian Bible had already undergone layers of translations. The Catholic Church authorities, contrary to popular opinion, did not discourage translations of the Bible into vernacular languages as long as they were based on the Vulgate Bible. For example St. Bede (680-735)was working on an Anglo-Saxon translation when he died. In other words the Bible had undergone layers of translations in the early history of Christianity.

By the time of the Reformation (c. 1517-1650), there were several Protestant translations most of which had anti-Cathoic overtones. Some of these omitted the Aprocrypha, but the earliest KJV did not. The translators worked under severe restrictions impose by James I which can be found on pages xxvi-xxvii of the introduction. For example, James I stated that he wanted to word ecclesia to be translated as church(Church of England) and not congregation as the Puritans, whom James I did not like, would have it.

The introduction also shows the serious divisions among the Protestants themselves. Many of the "reformers" hated each other and their followers as much if not more than the Catholics. For example, the German Protesants who met with their Catholic counterparts at Diet of Speyer in 1529 had to be silenced due to their loud internal disputes. When the Catholic authorities called the Council(s) of Trent (1545-1663), their Protestant guests had to again be silenced. This was not so much due to Protestant disputes with Catholicism but due more so to their rancorous internal disputes. Such divisions can be seen in the Epistle Dedicatory and James I's comments on other Protestant bibles. For example the editors cite James I's remarks that the Geneva Bible, a Protestant Bible, was the worst Bible he had ever seen.

The original translators' notes are worth reading. These men had to be as accurate as they could with translating the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek while adhering to James I's guidelines which were very restrictive. The notes not only present the difficulties faced by the translators, but they are are of historical interest.

Readers should also note that some of the early KJVs had embarrassing errors. One edition of the KJV was known as the Murderers' Bible because typesetters omitted the word "not" in the Sixth Commandment about not killing (the Seventh Commandment for Catholics). Another edition was known as the Wicked Bible because typesetters forgot the word "not" in the Seventh Commandment (Eighth Commandment in the Catholic Bible) about not committing adultry. One early edition of the KJV was know as the Vinegar Bible because Christ's parable about going into the vineyard was set in type as vinegar. Yet, the KJV survived these careless errors as well as other which can be found on pages 141-143 in Father Graham's book titled WHERE WE GOT THE BIBLE.

Readers may ask why this reviewer gave this Bible a high rating. The KJV is an expression of great English Literature. The translators knew that the English language was undergoing rapid changes in the 17th. century, and they used what some call Archic English to give the KJV a permanent place in biblical literature. The verses are cadenced, and the use of the Archaic English is a pleasure to read. Younger readers may think this reviewer is old fashioned, and they may be right. However, this reviewer likes the reading of the KJV.

This reviewer also wants to correct a historical error re English translations of the Bible. Some men have argued that the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible, an English Catholic translation, was written in response and as a reaction to the KJV. Such an assumption does not stand historical scrutiny. The Catholic Douay Rheims Bible was finished in 1609, and the KJV was finished two years later.

This reviewer highly recommends the Oxford Classics edition of the KJV. This book has interesting historical notes and a solid bibliography to attract interested readers. As a couple of reviewers stated the Oxford Classics edition of the KJV is very reasonably priced, and even though this edition is paperback, it is well bound and made to last. Readers would do well to get this book.

This is a copy of the KJV complete with the Apocrypha texts that are often lacking in copies of the KJV today. For that reason, along with the nice type setting and layout, this is a nice copy of the King James and I am certainly pleased to own it, and I've recommended this edition, with caution, to others. The editorial notes, while of some efficacy express a perspective that is too concerned with "historical" aspects of the Bible. The Bible is not a science text, nor an historical document. Scholarship running in the vein of history (or science for that matter) is only going to be of limited value. The use of "BCE", and "CE" is simply an academic barbarism that people who actually believe they live in the year of our Lord will rightly find distasteful. Such a dating system has little place in commentaries accompanying the text of the venerable translation of the very work that gives rise to the use of "BC" and "AD". However, one should read the KJV for other reasons than the affected commentary inserted around the text, and this edition otherwise presents the KJV very nicely.

This is the version used by Catholics and is missing Psalm 151, 3 and 4 Maccabees. It does not contain the entire Apocrypha!

Psalm 91: God's Protection Promises for Military

Psalm 91 is referred to as the soldiers prayer. Countless soldiers - from the battlefields of the American Civil War to WWI in the Argonne Forest to the French port at Dunkirk and the POW camps during WWII to those involved in present day conflict - have thousands of recorded stories of miraculous interventions. This book, explaining our Psalm 91 protection covenant, needs to be placed in the hands of every military personnel and family. These short 16 verses carry promise of protection from every evil known to man!
--- expert from book's dustjacket

This book is amazing! The testimonies on how praying Psalm 91 has impacted lives are modern day miracles. This is a must read for those who have loved ones in the military. A naval sailor and his Mom had a pact to pray Psalm 91 at the same time every day. Well, his sub was under attack at the time he was supposed to start praying. A torpedo was headed straight at the sub. He started to pray Psalm 91 as was his Mom wherever she was and the torpedo veered off at the last moment unexplainably. Psalm 91 has been prayed to protect families from natural disasters like tornadoes, protect children from criminal assaults, etc. This book is a beautiful reminder of how much God loves us and cares for us.

Discover the Bible for Yourself: *Helpful introductions to every book *Practical approaches for study *Applications for everyday life (Arthur, Kay)
I have read and studied from Kay Arthur's study books for many years. I have just purchased several to learn how to live in these troublesome times according to God's Word. I have The International Inductive Study Bible,very helpful.A friend has the Discover the Bible for Yourself.I did not have that one,so I looked on Amazon, Of course I was happy to purchase it from Amazon. I find it very helpful.I would suggest if you are making a purchase, Behold Jesus Is Coming,is a study guide for the book of Revelations. I enjoy Amazon and the prices and shipping are very reasonable,also you recieve them very quickly, and in very good condition. Are just scroll through Amazon, type in Kay Arthur's name an many, many wonderful books will be shown.May it be a delight for you.
Until His Return I am, an will always be His child;
Carolyn L Cagle

With this book, anyone can tap into the Bible expertise of Kay Arthur and study through the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Originally the material in this book was only available in the Inductive Study Bible but now you can access it with this book--and use whatever Bible to study through the Scriptures.

If you want to know more about the Bible, use this book. It's an excellent resource and guide for a self-guided study of the entire Bible. Also it's another well-written reference book which is packed with insight and information.

This is a great book, but if you alredy have the New Inductive Study Bible than you already have all the material in this book. I have the Bible and when I bought this book I was disapointed to find out it was all the same, but it still great as a gift.

What ever your need in study guides, this is an excellant book to assist you in your fellowship studies. Use it while being helped or helping others. You will give it 5 stars also.

I have all of the set. They are excellent, reliable and easy to read.

I purchased this volume to complete the set. MacArthur is one of the best and most consistent Biblical expositors. His hermeneutic is historical/grammatical and he is very consistent in his interpretation. I love the background information and the practical application that go along with the verse by verse commentary.

This book is informative. It is a dictionary which i was a little intimated by at first (look at the thing, it's huge), but it is very easy to read and grasp without an extensive vocabulary or large knowledge of the Bible. I am using it for a class but intend on keeping it after the class for my personal use.

This book, Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, and Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, among others are heralds of a new era dawning in Evangelical scholarship.

For most of the 20th century the dominant approach to Biblical interpretation, even among Evangelicals was based on higher critical assumptions about the independence of each book of the Bible. Therefore, rather than look at themes as they develop in the Bible, atomistic, and sometimes even deconstructing approaches were preferred.

Source critcism, while still popular in some circles is now less credible, and where credible less popoular and this has opened the door for a new generation of scholars to look at the Bible as a whole without getting laughed out of town. This approach of looking at themes as they develop throughout the canon is known as "Biblical Theology." The editors of this book are the leaders in the evangelical wing of that movement.

What this means to the layperson or pastor is that this book is worth a cover to cover read. Here you have scholars developing and examining the themes of the Bible in a way that rarely occurs in other kinds of resources. This kind of thematic development, if you are not accustomed to it will open up a whole new world in your preaching and Biblical Interpretation. One of the most important references on my shelf.

This large reference work is all about biblical theology. That is, it deals with the themes and content in the bible, how they begin in the old testament, and then how those themes pan out in the new testament. The book deals with many many topics and also the books of the bible. Also contains articles on biblical theology. A great resource, rich in biblical understanding on the level of typology and scriptural themes. It is very useful for grasping and connecting the old testament with the fulfillment in the new. Not to be missed.

If you need a dictionary - for ministry or academic purposes - on theological terms and concepts found in the Bible then this book is perfect for you. It is very comprehensive and deep enough for scholars yet easy enough to read for the inquisitive lay person. It has many articles discussing pertinent issues in biblical studies (e.g., hermeneutics, the relationship between OT and NT, the relationship between systematic and biblical theology, etc.), provides a good overview of all the books of the Bible, and discusses practically every issue found in Scripture. I would even be bold enough to say that this is the best volume in the whole IVP dictionary series. Whether you're a minister or seminary student get this book for your library. You will never regret purchasing this very important and resourceful volume in the series.

I own a electronic version of this book. It has been an astounding reference in my own biblical studies. I plan to attend Seminary soon, and I know this will be a gold mine there. Unfortunately the Church Education of most contemporary churches is seriously lacking of theological substance, so a work like this has little value in these environments.

But this work has aided me here and there in my formal debates with atheists on www.iidb.org, with theists on usenet newsgroups, and in the writing of some articles on my website (http://johnw.freeshell.org/bible).

Great work! I encourage every christian to buy this. If they did, perhaps the church leaders in most churches will be forced to spice up their bible curriculum.

The Daily Bible® Compact Edition
I received this book in excellent condition and in a timely fashion.

A mi me encanto esta Biblia. A mi me gusta mucho la historia, y le encuentro mas sentido a las cosas cuando estan en orden. Esta Biblia te presenta todo tal como sucedio en su orden historico, en el cual puedes ver lo que dijeron los profetas en el tiempo que lo dijeron, tambien veras a las epistolas de Pablo ahi en los Hechos. Es una buena inversion - y tambien te ofrece un plan de leer la Biblia en un año.

La biblia Cronologica es una biblia muy clara y presisa. Es una buena inversion para aquellos que quieren entender y vivir cada pagina de la palabra de Dios. Uno siente como si estuviera dentro de cada hecho que ocurre. De verdad se las recomiendo. Al igual La biblia de Joyce Meyer.

This is a wonderful book, easy to read, logically arranged, and provides a better understanding of the Bible.

.....you wanted to read the entire Bible, this is the way to do it. Being chronological, scripture is drawn from various books as best they could determine in sequence. Makes for a great story and allowed me to put things in perspective.

Giving Christ First Place is an excellent work book to focus the reader on how to make lifestyle changes for a balanced life - physical, spiritual and emotional. The enclosed CD is a bonus as it shares Scripture and music to reinforce the need for balance. MJR-Georgia

It is appropriate that the first book is "Surrender". In this time and age when one doesn't know the meaning of surrender, learning it is not from the good sense of being doggedly determined not to fail won't help. To "Surrender" one first must have an adversarial event to surrender to. If everything is handed to you all your life, to what are you surrendering?

The book is a daily study, and if you are not accustomed to daily studies, you have to surrender personal time, of which there is too little to go around already. That takes personal discipline, which most of us have yet to learn. You have to choose to do all that the book requires and find self motivation to keep going. Because this generation is not taught to endure, persevere, or even tough it out, many times the first thing that goes into the trash is our commitment to the one thing that would aid us most in succeeding. Surrendering to Christ.

The lessons are not long, they are not hard, but they get the point across if you choose to pay attention to the real purpose behind what you study and read. If you can surrender your whole life to the concept of surrendering to Christ, the burden of the entire exercise is taken care of. If there is any doubt, then each day the exercises will only get that much harder to complete, because personal pride is the first thing to go in surrender. If you can't do that, then surrendering to Christ will be a chore of fear, regret and guilt, which makes the entire exercise futile, for nothing is learned in an atmosphere of fear.

If you can't surrender the basics of who you are, what you do, what you believe to Christ, then this study is not for you. This is not dogged determination to complete a task. This is surrender, of everything you are to the only one who truly knows you and can heal you.

If you can do that - then the rest will come to you as your personal journey into surrendering to Christ and losing weight dictates. To some it will be easy, to others very difficult. Surrendering to Christ first and foremost will set up the tools needed to figure out the combination of things you need to do next to succeed in losing weight.

Knowing if you fail today, this meal, you can surrender it all to Christ right now, and start over.

These Bible study books are great for helping you focus on the REAL reason for being overweight...not putting the Lord first place in your life and making food an idol.

Carole Lewis is, without question an extraordinary teacher of living a true and deeper Christian life. The studies and messages in all of the First Places series will bring you closer and closer to an understanding of the freedom and faith you can have when you put God first in your life. If you want to truly grow in your relationship with God...make First Place studies a part of your life. It's so much more than a weight loss tool...it's a life tool!

My group has opted to do this book through the summer while other groups in our church take the summer off. Every book has been good but this one is great in taking away our excuses and in pointing out our responsibility for our actions and shows us that when we fall, fail, or fear, He will pick us up, wipe the dust off of us, and set us back on that right road if we will give in to Him.

The King James-Only cult is an abomination to Christianity. It has nothing to do with the truth and nothing to do with the advancing the Kingdom of God. The sooner it disappears from this earth, the better.

James White does a great job of explaining the variances from the modern translations compared to the KJV. This book helped my knowledge greatly.

Thank you

This book provides well thought out answers for the issues raised by the KJO movement. It also provides ample documentation of sources, something that is solely lacking from the other side. If you want answers and not dogma read this book.

I know some people still love the KJV Bible, but when they go to church, they should bring their NIV. I believe that the battle has been won by the NIV (and other current versions). The KJV Only movement reminds me of the Japanese soldiers that chose to stay on the Pacific Islands 30 to 40 years after the war had ended. They believed they were still defending the homeland. But unfortunately, the war was long over. The KJV Only movement needs to realize that the war is over and the NIV has clearly won. In their selfishness, the KJV Only movement is only pushing people away.

This book is encouraging because it does a good job on making you appreciate how God has preserved His word through all of the 5,300 cataloged manuscripts. The shear number of these manuscripts being so many (5.300) and the varied location of these manuscripts being widespread, and the various dates of these manuscripts being from many different centuries, it really makes you appreciate God preserving His Word. God did not use one English version to preserve His Word. If God had done that it would be too easy for man to pervert the text. Kind of like the Mormon Bible - they had to accept whatever Joseph Smith said was on the golden plates (which they never saw). But like the author says, since we have ALL these manuscripts, it actually makes it hard for anyone to go back and change the text. Having All these manuscript actually helps to show what the original text was. Even with the numerous variants the author shows how these variations can be resolved. It actually is a clear road map to the original. It seems that Ruckman wants to be the Joseph Smith of our Bible.

This book is excellent because the author is well prepared to handle the subject. He has clearly well aware of the history and background of the Bible. This book is a mini course in lower criticism and higher criticism. I love his work on Erasmus. He does a great job on showing that Erasmus faced the same opposition when he created his Greek Bible and translation as the people who translated the NIV. I love the history of the Bible and how through the centuries God has raised up men to preserve and translate His Word into the language of the day. The author shows the irony of people who reject the "new" translations, forgetting how they got their own "familiar" translation. This is truly history repeating itself.

This book is enlightening because he has clearly done his homework. He shows the hysteria and in some cases the meanness of some of the KJV only people. He covers verse after verse showing how KJV people try to scare and deceive people into believing that the NIV and other translations have deleted passages. He has so many examples it is mind-boggling. He does a great job showing the great ignorance and the cruelty of the KJV only movement. This book should be a great encouragement to people who are still in bondage of the KJV Only movement. They no longer have to believe the deception of the KJV Only movement.

From reading the many reviews, it is clear that the truth about the KJV Only movement has long been out and people are aware of it.

The writer of the forward assures the reader that "White's treatment is sensitive to the King James Reader as well as the NIV reader." Is it? Anyone who has actually bothered to read Mr. White's book will find the opposite to be the case.
Mr. White makes the rather unbelievable statement, "The body of the work will demonstrate that the KJV Only position is forced to make statements about the Bible that in reality undercut the very foundation of the faith itself." As if they could. I've read their materials and I find that not only is this statement unsupportable but those in the KJV Only movement affirm the biblical, historical and foundational truths of the Bible.
"I am no friend of those who would seek to undercut the very foundations of the Christian faith. Indeed, it is a concern for the integrity of the faith that drives this reply to the KJV Only position..." Advocates and supporters of the KJV are in no way engaged in a campaign to undercut the foundations of the Christian faith, regardless of what Mr. White may think. Nor does their position in any way compromise the integrity of the faith.
"It is very common to find the KJV Only advocates dismissing any appeal to the Greek of Hebrew manuscripts." Actually, I have found the opposite to be the case. I have found KJV Only materials are very willing to discuss the Greek and Hebrew when the situation calls for it.
Mr. White's contention that KJV Only advocates are "fuzzy" on the particulars of how we got the Bible should appeal only to those who have failed to read any KJV Only materials.
Mr. White contends that "Anglican ecclesiology had an impact upon the KJV's translation" but failed to provide any examples where any Anglican theology has influenced the translation. Mr. White had every opportunity to make the case in his book but for reasons unknown does not.
Mr. White wrote, "Misrepresenting others-even those we wrongly feel are in error-is not an option for one who follows Jesus." Yet when reading this book one believes the author is free to make such misrepresentations about KJV Only advocates.
The author wrote, "And finally, there is no conflict between obedience to Christ and belief in Christ." One does not have to believe in Jesus Christ in order to obey Him. Unfortunately, Christianity is rife with such examples.
When discussing an omission or deletion Mr. White wrote, "Of course, someone might argue that the omission in such a small number of manuscripts could have been due to single scribal error, and such is, or course, a possibility." But, no doubt, far from certain. This leaves one to wonder why he would write such a statement when on the next page he wrote, "The difference between textual criticism done on the basis of facts and evidence, and that done on the basis of conspiracies and prejudgment, is plainly evident." Well, apparently then it's not evident to Mr. White when the proceeding quote is more supposition that factual! What sort of evidence does Mr. White appeal to if all he has is a possibility?
On page 174 Mr. White wrote, "...including a reading that has fallen out of the majority of Greek manuscripts." I think Mr. White's cause would best be served if he could somehow show that this had actually happened. Mr. White makes the same mistake in discussing Acts 16:7 by writing, "The phrase `of Jesus' has dropped out of the majority of Greek Texts." He again fails to provide us with any objective reason to believe that this is what has actually happened!
Words such as probably, could have, most probably, may be, quite certain, possibility, could have been, quite possible and almost certainly are scattered throughout his book and use of words such as these lead to less than definite conclusions and leaves the reader that Mr. White is engaged in guessing.
In this book Mr. White has labeled KJV Only advocates as indoctrinated, anti-intellectual, anti-scholarship and anti-freedom and the like. I find it unsettling that one who calls himself a Christian would describe his fellow believers in such a slanderous manner.
Mr. White does a great disservice to his cause by displaying his obvious prejudice against those who advocate the KJV and his doing so leads him to make some rather unsupportable claims. Mr. White could have and should have used his book to help bridge the supposed gulf that may or may not have existed between the two but instead uses the opportunity to push the two parties even further apart.

In closing Mr. White wrote, "Finally, as I said at the beginning, my desire is for the peace of Christ's church." I find it difficult to believe that he is indeed desiring peace if he is willing to mischaracterize his fellow believers as he has done. If he indeed wants peace I can only believe that he will accept it only on his terms.

Instead of this book a better treatment on the subject is
Which Bible? (5th Edition) edited by David Otis Fuller.

I bought this book to use as a spring board for a study that I am doing in SS and it has worked very well for what I wanted it for. I would recommend it as a study guide for the book of John as well, it is well done and well written with thought provoking questions.