Solving Bible Mysteries: Unraveling the Perplexing and Troubling Passages of Scripture

by D. James Kennedy

The best-selling author of What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? and What If the Bible Had Never Been Written offers an insightful study as some of the complex, apparently contradictory passages of scripture, shedding new light on some of the key puzzles and challenges of Christian life. 15,000 first printing.

211 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Dennis James Kennedy was an American Presbyterian pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries (now known as D. James Kennedy Ministries), the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political group.
In 1974, he began Coral Ridge Ministries, which produced his weekly religious television program, The Coral Ridge Hour, carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations with a peak audience of three million viewers in 200 countries. He also had a daily radio program, Truths That Transform, from 1984 on. During his lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a US$37-million-a-year non-profit corporation.
In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Joe Keefhaver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book by a preacher I respect. Generally, the questions were all satisfactorily answered. Some subjects, such as free will vs. predestination, are thornier. Perhaps no human can adequately explain them.

[Ed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on explaining Bible Scriptures that confuse many people. I like the division of each chapter by using Sherlock Holmes quotes given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many people do not know that Arthur Conan Doyle was a Christian and he modeled Sherlock Holmes after another Christian that was a member of the church he attended Free St. George's Church in Edinburgh. The person Sherlock Holmes was modeled after was Dr. Joseph Bell who was Pastor Alexander Whyte's friend and personal physician. You can read more about this in Warren Wiersbe's Walking with the Giants. I believe this was a nice touch in Kennedy's book.
Each chapter deals with perplexing Scriptures that confuse Christians and Kennedy does a good job in giving his explanations on each subject.