Rescuing God From the Bible: How Our Approach to Scripture Shapes – and Misshapes – Our Concept of God

You are cordially invited into a bold, perhaps unsettling and ultimately liberating journey: a critical re-examination of scripture that challenges long held assumptions and dogmatic beliefs about what and who God is and how God acts. With clarity, scholarship and sensitivity, MIKE WILLIAMS exposes the ways our inherited interpretations of the Bible can distort the character of the Divine — turning a God of love into a God of fear, a God of liberation into a God of control, and a God of mystery into a weapon of certainty. But this book is not an attack on scripture; it is an invitation to read it more truthfully, more humanly and more courageously. Drawing from history, theology, psychology and decades of spiritual experience, Mike shows how the Bible’s diverse voices reveal an evolving understanding of God, and how embracing that evolution can free us from toxic theologies that have wounded individuals, divided communities and misrepresented the Divine. Rescuing God From the Bible is a manifesto for believers, skeptics and seekers alike — anyone longing for a faith that is intellectually honest, spiritually expansive and rooted in love rather than fear. It’s a call to deconstruct, not to destroy, and to discover the God who refuses to be either confined or defined by our interpretations. Dare to question. Dare to rethink. Dare to rediscover God.