I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible

The Bible is filled with passages that are so baffling we tend to ignore them. Yet the passages that seem weird might be the most important. This collection of essays from Bible Study Magazine will shock you, intrigue you, and completely change the way you view the Bible. Dr. Michael S. Heiser visits some of the Bible's most obscure passages, unveiling their ancient context to help you interpret them today. Read this book, and you'll never be bored by the Bible again.

1. Opening Credits
2. Foreword
3. Introduction
4. Part 1: Old Testament Chapter 1: The Ancient's Guide to the Galaxy
5. Chapter 2: Walk Like an Israelite
6. Chapter 3: Even the Bible Needed Upgrading
7. Chapter 4: Spellchecking the Bible
8. Chapter 5: Why Circumcision?
9. Chapter 6: The Abandoned Child and the Basket Case
10. Chapter 7: A Tale of Courage We Never Teach
11. Chapter 8: Counting the Ten Commandments
12. Chapter 9: Is There Really a Sin Offering?
13. Chapter 10: There's a Devil in the Details
14. Chapter 11: Love Potion: Numbers 5
15. Chapter 12: Is My Bible Right?
16. Chapter 13: The Most Horrific Bible Story
17. Chapter 14: Righting a Wrong
18. Chapter 15: When Giants Walked the Earth
19. Chapter 16: The Divine Arrow
20. Chapter 17: Promise Undelivered?
21. Chapter 18: Sanctified Dirt
22. Chapter 19: 1003 BC Census: Who Authorized It—God or Satan?
23. Chapter 20: Cookin' the Books
24. Chapter 21: Slaying the Sea Monster
25. Chapter 22: Does God Need a Co-Signer? The Witness in the Clouds
26. Chapter 23: Who Wrote the Book of Proverbs?
27. Chapter 24: Immanuel's Mother: Virgin or Not?
28. Chapter 25: Standing in the Council
29. Chapter 26: Jeremiah: Double Vision?
30. Chapter 27: Why the Ark of the Covenant Will Never Be Found
31. Chapter 28: He, Him, Me, Myself and I
32. Chapter 29: Bizarre Visions for the Worst of Times
33. Chapter 30: Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Answer the Canon Questions?
34. Part 2: New Testament Chapter 31: Burying Hell
35. Chapter 32: My Guardian Angel
36. Chapter 33: The New Testament Misqoutes the Old Testament?
37. Chapter 34: "I Saw Satan Fall Like Lighting":When?
38. Chapter 35: The Healing Serpent
39. Chapter 36: Who Took Verse 4 out My Bible?
40. Chapter 37: What Walking on Water Really Means
41. Chapter 38: Born Again..and Again and Again?
42. Chapter 39: Dumbledore Meets Philip & Peter
43. Chapter 40: Paul's Lost Letters
44. Chapter 41: Destiny and Destination
45. Chapter 42: A Female Apostle
46. Chapter 43: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered—to Satan?
47. Chapter 44: Treason and Translation
48. Chapter 45: Charleston Hestod Had Company
49. Chapter 46: When Abraham Met Jesus
50. Chapter 47: How Many Times Is Jesus Coming Back?
51. Chapter 48: What's Jesus Waiting For?
52. Chapter 49: God's Right—Hand Woman? Wisdom in Hebrews 1
53. Chapter 50: Baptism as Spiritual Warfare
54. Chapter 51: Jesus Is God: Jude and Peter Tell Me So
55. Chapter 52: When Angels Do Time
56. Chapter 53: Tough Love
57. Chapter 54: Jesus, God, a.k.a, The Name
58. Chapter 55: 666: What Theories Add Up?
59. Chapter 56: Perspective Changes Everything
60. Chapter 57: Constantine, Conspiracy, and the Canon
61. Closing Credits