{"product_id":"hard-sayings-a-catholic-approach-to-answering-bible-difficulties","title":"Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach To Answering Bible Difficulties","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eBy Trent Horn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eHave you ever read something in the Bible that made you just scratch your head? Has a skeptic ever challenged you to defend a seemingly scandalous verse of Scripture?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eYou’re not alone. The Bible contains more than a few “hard sayings” (John 6:60): ancient idioms, apparent contradictions, myth-like events and figures, and passages that seem to be embarrassingly out of step with modern culture or science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eHow can a Catholic reconcile such things with his own faith, and with what the Church teaches about the inspiration and inerrancy of Sacred Scripture?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eDon’t worry. As Trent Horn (\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eAnswering Atheism\u003c\/em\u003e) explains in \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eHard Sayings\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e God’s revelation in the Bible is not something Catholics need to be ashamed of or read with a mental reservation\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Trent examines dozens of the most confounding passages in Scripture and offers clear, reasonable, Catholic explanations to unlock their true meaning. He also provides basic principles for reading and interpreting Scripture that the wisdom of the Church has developed over the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\"Trent Horn's impressive command of Catholic and skeptical sources makes Hard Sayings an invaluable resource for all who wrestle with Bible difficulties. It reveals the sanity of the Catholic approach to Scripture and how critics who attack supposed \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003econtradictions are really missing their mark. Hard Sayings neither pulls punches or shies away from hot-button issues. It provides a solid rational approach to difficulties without becoming rationalistic. This book should be required reading for every bible study leader and every Christian who takes the Bible seriously.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e—Gary Michuta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\"What a desperately needed book! Whether you're a skeptic who thinks the 'dark passages' disprove God, or a faithful Catholic who trusts the Bible but still has a hard time swallowing these verses, this book is a light switch to cast away those shadows.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e—Brandon Vogt, Content Director at Word on Fire, author of \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eRETURN: How to Draw Your Child Back to the Church\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\"Horn’s arguments are clear and concise, drawing widely from the best of current scholarship to address the Bible’s most difficult passages.  More impressively still, he manages to make this content accessible to the ordinary believer while not oversimplifying the issues involved.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e—Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology at Benedictine College, Author of \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eDark Passages of the Bible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e“Isn’t the Bible just error-riddled traditions handed down full of contradiction and believed by irrational faith?” This is a common conception of the Bible in our “Enlightened Age.” Trent Horn clears away the fog and misconceptions with his new book Hard Sayings. He addresses the challenges from every quarter responding as deftly as a surgeon. From Darwin vs. Genesis to “1001 Bible contradictions” there is no Bible “difficulty” he is afraid to address. He sets the record straight giving a reasoned confidence and trust in the written word of God. A must read for everyone who loves and trusts Sacred Scripture. \"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e—Steve Ray\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eHardcover, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #131313; font-family: Barlow,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: medium;\"\u003eBible Reference\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catholic Answers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31519515541602,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2778\/2626\/products\/untitled_e5c1ad95-9ffa-4849-b941-c57e06b0ed43.png?v=1587490136","url":"https:\/\/celticcovecatholicbookstore.org\/products\/hard-sayings-a-catholic-approach-to-answering-bible-difficulties","provider":"Celtic Cove Catholic Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}