‘Don’t read the Bible expecting Jesus to be like us.’ Photo: by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

‘You cannot use all of it as a moral guide.’

Cracking a book: Elizabeth Coleman on how Quakers should approach the Bible

‘You cannot use all of it as a moral guide.’

by Elizabeth Coleman 16th February 2024

Some Quakers have little knowledge of biblical criticism. So how should we read the Bible? It is a collection of books that say many different, often contradictory, things.