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Scripture Twisting 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible

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ISBN-10: 0877846111

ISBN-13: 9780877846116

Edition: 1980

Authors: James W. Sire

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How often have you encountered some bizarre doctrine only to be stunned to hear a Bible verse quoted to support it? With new religious cults springing up almost daily and old ones growing rapidly, this is more and more common. How are they seemingly able to twist Scripture to mean something orthodox Christians have never believed it to mean in two thousand years?James Sire, author of The Universe Next Door and How to Read Slowly, has isolated twenty separate kinds of reading errors which are characteristically made by cultists as they interpret the Bible. He covers the full range from simple misquotation to complex argumentation which links one slightly eccentric interpretation to another,…    
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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 10/1/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.550

James W. Sire (PhD, University of Missouri), formerly a senior editor at InterVarsity Press, is an active speaker and writer. He has taught English, philosophy, theology, and short courses at many universities and seminaries. He continues to be a frequent guest lecturer in the United States and Europe. His InterVarsity Press books and Bible studies include The Universe Next Door (a worldviews textbook), Scripture Twisting, Discipleship of the Mind, Chris Chrisman Goes to College, Why Should Anyone Believe Anything at All?, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling, Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept, Learning to Pray Through the Psalms, Why Good Arguments Often…    

The Methodology of Misreading: An
Introduction
World-View Confusion: A Preliminary View
The Text of Scripture
Scripture as Rhetoric
Scripture as Literature
Scripture as Evidence
Reasoning from Scripture
The Authority of the Bible
World-View Confusion: The Heart of the Matter
The Discipleship of the Word
A Brief Definition of Twenty Reading Errors
John 1:1 and the New World Translation
Notes
General
Index
Bible
Index