Based on the author's new perspective on the Bible, this book helps us explore eight core themes of Christian faith (the Bible, humanity, sin, God's will, salvation and the kingdom of God, repentance, faith, and the end times) from a different perspective than before.
This book will be beneficial to those who wish to reexamine previously learned doctrines from a new perspective, those who deeply contemplate the relationship between the church and the world or the role of the church in the world, and those who wish to reestablish their Christian faith.

How do we perceive and accept the text called the Bible? What does it mean to read it? ...
But the questions I asked were different from simply 'how to read the Bible.'
This is a question in the epistemological context of 'how are we receiving the text?'

--- p.20~21

When we talk about faith, why not consider more deeply what the Bible's messages can mean and how they should be realized in our lives? Rather than simply saying, "Let's act as the Bible says and refrain from doing what it prohibits."

--- p.44

Ultimately, this is how the Genesis writer expressed the ontological meaning of humanity, the answer to the question, "What kind of being is a human being? And what is the most human way to live in this world?"
The being who makes ‘God’s will’ a reality in the world, and through this, the representative of God who reveals God’s presence throughout the earth – that is the image of God, the ontological meaning of human beings.

--- p.58

We must not forget that the Bible is a product of interpretation that reflects the context and worldview of the time it was written.
We cannot define faith today in the way believers understood it long ago.
Our faith must be formed and revealed through our lives today.

--- p.87

Many people often think of love and justice as separate concepts.
However, justice is a concept in which the value of love is expressed socially.
In other words, the demands for fair trials, the prohibition against exploiting the poor, and the criticism of the severe gap between rich and poor contained in the prophetic books are all, in a broad sense, the results of interpretations put forth to realize the value of love in their own society.
In this context, their ideal, revealed throughout the Old Testament, can be said to be a just society where love is inherent and where all people can live as human beings.

--- p.103

I hope you don't understand salvation or the kingdom of God in a fragmentary way.
The 'moment' you believe in Jesus, you are saved from death and go to heaven unconditionally after death.
In that way, no questions or concerns can enter our life of faith.
It just becomes a religious belief that determines whether someone is saved or not.
Salvation is not a special qualification that is obtained in an instant.
It is a way and value to understand life and the world according to God's will.
It's a story that will continue to raise questions about our lives.

--- p.131

It's a shame that repentance doesn't seem to be given much importance to believers.
Faith is not something religious, but is revealed in the lives of each Christian.
It is revealed through fruits worthy of repentance, worthy of a new life.
The lives of those who have discovered Christ, the grace of God, and the habitus of the kingdom of God will certainly be different from before.
Therefore, we must always think about whether the purpose and direction of our lives are correct and what we are living for now.

--- p.150~151

We have been understanding 'faith' only in an overly cognitive sense.
So I've been focusing primarily on the question, 'What do you believe?'
Accepting the contents of the Bible and Christian traditions has been considered the essence of faith.
This approach ultimately leads us to fixate solely on the question, "Do we have saving faith?"
But the pistis that Paul understood was not mere intellectual agreement.
It was a comprehensive concept that talked about what kind of life humans should live in their relationship with God.

--- p.176

Does the phrase, "Believe in Jesus and go to heaven," accurately describe the Christian vision of the afterlife and the end times? While many people focus on a positive afterlife after death, the religious communities in the Bible placed the center of their faith in the present life.
They too feared death, but they accepted it as natural and did not dream of an afterlife to avoid their fear.
Perhaps this was their way of preparing for death within their faith? Just as we all hope to live without shame as we face death, so too do we today.

--- p.195~196