Honestly: Telling the Truth about the Bible and Ourselves
Ebook
Author Mark Wingfield combines his theological training as a pastor and his skills as a journalist in this exploration of truth and faithful truth-telling. Truth is often elusive in our culture, but Wingfield maintains that the Bible has been misused by some to perpetuate certain kinds of lies and untruths. Exploration of key biblical texts is woven together with stories drawn from personal experience and news stories from both church and our present-day culture.
Wingfield points to a lack of real truthfulness that plagues America in both politics and religion today. We are shouting well-worn sound bites at each other from opposing platforms. Precious few of us are willing to step in the middle and facilitate dialogue, and those poor souls who do often get shot down from both sides. Rampant self-interest can lead to supporting lies and holding tight to particular stances that are not aligned with the Bible's ethics of justice and love.
The book begins with the important question, "What Is Truth?," and explores biblical truth on topics such as creation, race, climate change, evolution, Jesus and truth, liars in the Bible, and the truth-telling of the prophets. Final chapters look at the truth about who we are and what truth looks like in our current post-Trump era. A study guide is included to help facilitate group conversation about each chapter.
- Title: Honestly: Telling the Truth about the Bible and Ourselves
- Author: Mark Wingfield
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781506485928, 1506485928
- Resource ID: LLS:9781506485928
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-18T23:35:28Z
Mark Wingfield is a journalist and pastor based in Dallas, Texas. He leads a national nonprofit news service focused on religion and culture. He is the author of Why Churches Need to Talk About Sexuality (Fortress Press 2019).
Reviews
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A. B. Curtis
10/17/2023
It is ironic, and may I say a little dishonest, to name this book "Honestly." The author has pointed out every dishonest conservative, or as he calls them "liars", in religious history. And they should be pointed out. However, he never mentions the scores of liars that come from his side of the debate. He refers to "interpretation" of biblical narratives and then paints the literal, traditionally conservative view as dishonest. I suppose he does this based on the fact that it differs from his interpretation. Don't buy this book unless you are trying to confuse or discourage some young person studying the Bible. I am disappointed that Logos would even carry this. This book is not even and "honest" opposing view of orthodox Christianity. It is not traditional, it is not conservative, but it is dishonest.