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An insightful, accessible exploration of the Bible
from a renowned lay scholar invites us to see
ourselves as the
realization of God's dream.
List of contents
FOREWORD BY SOPHFRONIA SCOTT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CHAPTER ONE The Dream of God
CHAPTER TWO The Biblical Story
CHAPTER THREE The Rejection of the Dream
CHAPTER FOUR The Temptations of the Church
CHAPTER FIVE The Persistence of the Dream
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE DREAM OF GOD
About the author
Verna J. Dozier (1917–2006) single-handedly revived the study of the Bible and renewed the church’s understanding of the ministry of all believers. Known all over the country and overseas for her Bible teaching, conferences, preaching, and work with lay groups in the church to strengthen their callings and ministries, she was also the author of The Authority of the Laity,The Calling of the Laity, and Equipping the Saints: A Method of Bible Study.
Summary
A beloved teacher helps modern people live the Bible’s message more fully.
Respected teacher and author Verna Dozier explores the ways that humanity and the institutional church have strayed far from Jesus’s original message. To help us get back on track, she examines the Bible: a theological and historical record of hundreds of years in which two communities of faith (Jewish and early Christian) explored their own life experiences. Our task now is not to ask which interpretations are correct, but to ask “what did it mean to them” and “what does it mean for us?” Dozier encourages us to see Christianity not as creed or institution, but as “the vision of a new possibility for human life rooted in an ancient understanding of God and lived out by a Nazarene carpenter.”
Through adept storytelling and study, Dozier reawakens our sense of calling and our desire for truth. This new and revised edition includes a new foreword by Sophfronia Scott and a study guide.
Foreword
An eloquent study of the Bible’s original meaning, and how we can rediscover and live it today.
