I’ve been waiting for this book to be written for a long time. In Asking Better Questions of the Bible, Marty Solomon gives us a treasure map to uncover riches in the Bible by taking the reader back to the Hebraic context of the ancient world. You’ll never read the Bible the same way after going through this book.
Catherine MCNiel
Asking Better Questions of the Bible is for everyone who loves the Bible—or who wants to love the Bible but has been wounded by those using it as a weapon. With a writing voice as knowledgeable as a seminary prof and as accessible as a close friend, Marty Solomon provides the tools you need to find the God of goodness and love in these ancient pages. Whether this is your first or fiftieth time looking for God in the Bible, I urge you to pick up a copy of this book and find hope, life, and the freedom to imagine better questions.
J.R. Briggs
Marty helps us see that asking questions about the Bible shouldn’t make us nervous; instead, it can usher us into new possibilities in our relationship with God and his Word. By diving deep in fresh and engaging ways, this book will help you experience the goodness of God in what’s revealed in Scripture—and help you fall in love with Jesus for the first time . . . again.
Aaron Couch
This book is an invitation to a deeper truth and a better approach to applying it. There is so much in this book for small groups, discipling one-on-one, or even teaching from the stage. All followers of Jesus will be inspired to examine how we talk about what we talk about.
Peter Hartwig
Well, I’ll be . . . Marty did it. He actually wrote a balanced, inviting, captivating book about the Bible. It is lively but not cheap. It is rigorous but not punishing. It is faithful but not fideistic. This book deepens the faith-giving approach to the Bible that so many of us have found in The BEMA Podcast. And, thank God, it’s readable!
Brian Hardin
In Asking Better Questions of the Bible, Marty Solomon offers wonderful examples and resources for doing precisely what the title suggests while inviting the reader to engage the Hebrew context and the distinctions between Eastern and Western thought. This alone is worth the price of the book and is desperately needed in modern biblical interpretation. Asking Better Questions of the Bible is a gem for those desiring to be shaped by the Text as opposed to simply deconstructing it. It offers a refined set of tools for a deepening relationship with the Bible and the God it reveals.
AJ Sherrill
If you find the bestselling book of all time—the Bible—irrelevant, inaccurate, or insignificant, you’re not alone, but you may want to reconsider. Marty’s latest offers both a nuanced and a faithful way to reimagine the text as both sacred and transformational. Read this book for tools and insights that will help you reclaim the bestselling book of all time.
Jennifer Rosner
This book is, above all else, an invitation. It’s an invitation to bring our whole selves to our reading of Scripture, confident that doing so will lead us into a deeper level of meaning and understanding. Solomon asks us to join him on a journey away from easy answers and toward a richer encounter not only with the biblical text itself but, more importantly, with the God who beckons us to draw near. For anyone committed to discipleship, this is an invitation to enthusiastically accept.
