The Bible is a rich and fascinating book. However, some people are put off by its depth and complexity. While Christians should always be learning and growing, some have been content simply to lay their unanswered questions aside, without the growth that comes from the answers. Other people say the Bible has contradictions. While the Bible does have things that are difficult to understand, every alleged contradiction in the Bible has an explanation.

Life itself can be full of difficulties and apparent contradictions. For example, once my eight-year old daughter was confused as to why I answered the phone when she called me at work. You see, she reasoned that since every business has a phone, how come it was not the owner of the company who answered the [one and only] phone where I worked???

Likewise, difficulties in the Bible can be impossible to solve when we have wrong and simplistic assumptions. The same difficulties can become easy, when the false assumptions are cleared away.