I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible

Heiser, Michael S.

Jan 2014 · Lexham Press

About this ebook

The Bible is filled with passages that are so baffling we tend to ignore them. Yet the passages that seem weird might be the most important. This collection of essays from Bible Study Magazine will shock you, intrigue you, and completely change the way you view the Bible. Dr. Michael S. Heiser visits some of the Bible's most obscure passages, unveiling their ancient context to help you interpret them today. Read this book, and you'll never be bored by the Bible again.
Part One: Old Testament
The Ancient's Guide to the Galaxy

Walk Like an Israelite

Even the Bible Needed Upgrading

Spellchecking the Bible

Why Circumcision?

The Abandoned Child and the Basket Case

A Tale of Courage We Never Teach

Counting the Ten Commandments

Is There Really a Sin Offering?

There's a Devil in the Details

Love Potion: Numbers 5

Is My Bible Right?

The Most Horrific Bible Story

Righting a Wrong

When Giants Walked the Earth

The Divine Arrow

Promise Undelivered?

Sanctified Dirt

1003 BC Census: Who Authorized It-God or Satan?

Cookin' the Books

Slaying the Sea Monster

Does God Need a Co-Signer?

The Witness in the Clouds

Who Wrote the Book of Proverbs?

Immanuel's Mother: Virgin or Not?

Standing in the Council

Jeremiah: Double Vision?

Why the Ark of the Covenant Will Never Be Found

He, Him, Me, Myself, and I

Bizarre Visions for the Worst of Times

Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Answer the Canon Question?

Part Two: New Testament

Burying Hell

My Guardian Angel

The New Testament Misquotes the Old Testament?

"I Saw Satan Fall like Lightning": When?

The Healing Serpent

Who Took Verse 4 out of My Bible?

What Walking on Water Really Means

Born Again ... and Again and Again?

Dumbledore Meets Philip & Peter

Paul's Lost Letters

Destiny & Destination

A Female Apostle

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered-to Satan?

Treason & Translation

Charlton Heston Had Company

When Abraham Met Jesus

How Many Times Is Jesus Coming Back?

What's Jesus Waiting For?

God's Right-Hand Woman? Wisdom in Hebrews

Baptism as Spiritual Warfare

Jesus Is God: Jude and Peter Tell Me So

When Angels Do Time

Tough Love

Jesus, God, a.k.a., The Name

666: What Theories Add Up?

Perspective Changes Everything

Constantine, Conspiracy, and the Canon

Ratings and reviews

The extraordinarily great research and writings/teachings this man Michael Heiser whom was blessed by God himself to reveal all of this and much more is definitely a MUST read. I was totally lost in this world even though my heart always kept pulling me back toward the Bible I continued to try to be worldly. No matter what I tried to kill that inner pull it still always led me back to the Bible and God. Once I sat down and started to absorb all this new information it was almost instantaneously a switch that flipped for me and finally put entirely back on a direction toward God. I am so grateful that I was blessed to live long enough to try to be the kind of person I was meant to be. We don't have long people we NEED to find our ways back to God before it's too late. 🙏 I pray that as many people as possible are capable and willing to find God again and help steer this world away from how horrible it has become. Please pray for me and I will pray for all of you!!!

I wish I had had this when I was teaching Bible to my 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade classes. You talk about tough, try teaching all of these different age groups every day, 5 days a week. But, you know what, I loved every minute of it, during my 7 years of teaching. Yeah, 7 years, that number of perfection. Thank You, Jesus.

About the author

Michael S. Heiser is a scholar in the fields of biblical studies and the ancient Near East. He is the Academic Editor at Logos Bible Software.