The Bible Is a Single Book

By H Doyle Smith

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

• Language: English
• Publisher: H Doyle Smith
• Release date: Mar 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781960075451

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 Bible

H. Doyle Smith

THE BIBLE IS A SINGLE BIBLE

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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