How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition

All such manuscripts were copied in monasteries at a time when Greek philosophy, with its low view of the body, had made inroads into Christian theology. Revelation: Images of Judgment and Hope Appendix: The Evaluation and Use of Commentaries Scripture Index Names Index Not realizing that proverbs tend to be inexact statements pointing to the truth in figurative ways, people often assume that this is a direct, clear-cut, always applicable promise from God — that if a person dedicates their plans to God, those plans must succeed.