{"product_id":"light-of-the-word-susan-c-lim-9781514006948","title":"Light of the Word: How Knowing the History of the Bible Illuminates Our Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhile Christians generally acknowledge that the Bible is God's Word, many of us lack robust confidence in the reality of its trustworthiness.\u003c\/b\u003e We may not be sure if we really believe what we read. But the more we understand how Scripture came to be, the more we discover its power and truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Susan Lim unpacks how the history of the Bible bolsters our faith and anchors us through the changing tides of time. The story of Scripture, while messy and complicated at times, is also the story of how God shepherded his people throughout the centuries in and through these writings. Lim explains how Christians came to accept certain documents as inspired and not others, and how the books we now call the Bible came to be assembled and canonized as authoritative. The same Spirit of God who oversaw the writing of Scripture continues to be at work actively in us in our receiving and reading of it, to grow us in faith and maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose of us who confess that Jesus is Lord can also confess with confidence that Scripture is God's Word. As the church through the ages has received and passed down the sacred Scriptures, so too can we receive for ourselves the living Word that God still speaks through today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan C. Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1514006944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781514006948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 99","brand":"Susan C. Lim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254854119679,"sku":"9781514006948","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7f4a56b-020b-4482-a3b9-b52de813c6c5.jpg?v=1694614703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/light-of-the-word-susan-c-lim-9781514006948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}