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    The Bible Is a Single Book
    The Bible Is a Single Book
    The Bible Is a Single Book
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    The Bible Is a Single Book

    By H Doyle Smith

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    God is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. The Bible tells of his powers and more. Everything we need to know to be saved are all in the Bible. Most people, though, think the Bible is simply a written recording of anecdotes of God and his interaction with humans and the testament of his power. That is, h

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH Doyle Smith
    Release dateMar 14, 2023
    ISBN9781960075451
    The Bible Is a Single Book
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    H Doyle Smith

    Being the son of a Southern Baptist minister, H. Doyle Smith has had an early start on reading the Holy Bible.Having read it five times even before he left his teen years, and then adding fifty years of further meditation, has given him profound understanding of what needs to be introduced in his book The Bible Is a Single Book. He is a member of Mensa and other high IQ societies. He has been a CPA for thirty years. At present, he is a member of a Lutheran church and very much involved in a men's prayer group. He is also a lay reader and a former tenor in the choir.

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      The Bible Is a Single Book - H Doyle Smith

      The

      Bible

      Is a Single Bible

      H. Doyle Smith

      THE BIBLE IS A SINGLE BIBLE

      Copyright © 2023 H. Doyle Smith

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      Contents

      The Bible

      Is a Single Bible

      H. Doyle Smith

      The Bible Is A Single Book

      Genesis, the Introduction

      Creation

      Man

      Abraham

      Isaac

      Jacob

      Joseph

      The Characters

      Exodus through Second Kings

      God

      The Hebrews

      The Rituals

      The Law

      A History

      Saul

      David

      The Problem

      First Chronicles to Esther

      Why?

      The Heart of the Matter

      The Central Question

      Man’s Answers

      Psalms to Malachi

      Psalms

      Proverbs

      Ecclesiastes

      Song of Solomon

      Isaiah

      Jeremiah

      Lamentations

      Ezekiel and Daniel

      The Minor Prophets

      God’s Solution to the Question

      Why Do We Believe That This Is God’s Answer?

      God’s Son

      Why Is It God’s Solution?

      How Do We Function in a World Where We Cannot Know What Is Right and Cannot Define God?

      Implications

      A New Attitude

      To Know Him Is to Love Him

      To Wrap It Up

      Romans to Revelation

      Separation of Church and State

      Accepting Differences

      Accepting Problems

      Keeping Rituals

      Seven Failures of Those Who Have Accepted the New Attitude

      Our Future

      The Curse

      Comparisons with Other Religions

      Them and Us

      Me and Us

      Just Us

      THE BIBLE IS A SINGLE BOOK

      The Bible is a single book

      The things it says are true.

      It gives a way to make a bond

      Between the Lord and you.

      Most readers of the Bible believe that it is a compilation of sixty-six different books placed together with no overall plan. That is not true. The Bible is a well-organized book with a central plot that tells us about how we can cooperate with God.

      It starts by telling us that Adam, wanting to be like God, knowing good and evil, decided that nakedness was evil. God, not wanting and being unwilling to have any rival, kicked Adam out of the Garden of Eden. Man then did what was right in his own eyes, and the arrogance of each insisted that what he considered right was worth fighting for. The result was chaos. God

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