Michael F. Bird (PhD, University of Queensland) is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including Evangelical Theology, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, and with N. T. Wright,?The New Testament in Its World.

• 1. The Bible did not fall out of the sky, bound in leather, written in English2. The Bible is for our time but not about our time3. We should focus on taking the Bible seriously, not necessarily literally4. If interpreting the Bible were easy, we wouldn’t need teachers5. The purpose of Scripture is knowledge and hope6. Scripture is normative, not negotiable7. Christ is the foundation of our faith and the centre of the Christian Bible

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Michael F. Bird (PhD, University of Queensland) is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including Evangelical Theology, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, and with N. T. Wright,?The New Testament in Its World.

• 1. The Bible did not fall out of the sky, bound in leather, written in English2. The Bible is for our time but not about our time3. We should focus on taking the Bible seriously, not necessarily literally4. If interpreting the Bible were easy, we wouldn’t need teachers5. The purpose of Scripture is knowledge and hope6. Scripture is normative, not negotiable7. Christ is the foundation of our faith and the centre of the Christian Bible

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Michael F. Bird (PhD, University of Queensland) is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College, Australia. He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on the New Testament and theology, including Evangelical Theology, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, and with N. T. Wright,?The New Testament in Its World.

• 1. The Bible did not fall out of the sky, bound in leather, written in English2. The Bible is for our time but not about our time3. We should focus on taking the Bible seriously, not necessarily literally4. If interpreting the Bible were easy, we wouldn’t need teachers5. The purpose of Scripture is knowledge and hope6. Scripture is normative, not negotiable7. Christ is the foundation of our faith and the centre of the Christian Bible

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