The Bible as Dialogue – by Colin Harris

The story of faith began as an oral dialogue. From the moment God spoke the world into being, humans have been in conversation with God and each other. Stories told and retold, with various perspectives, motivations, and focuses, eventually solidified into a collection of writings known as the biblical canon. And yet the story continues.

In The Bible as Dialogue: Listening to the Family Conversation, Colin Harris takes readers from Genesis to Revelation, sharing the themes of the original stories and examining the ways their meanings have evolved over time. He invites us into the family conversation of faith, exploring the Bible as a set of dialogues: creation, flood, patriarchs, exodus and covenant, conquest and occupation, kingship and kingdom, prophets and history, wisdom, gospel, and New Testament.

Through these stories, shared and collected over centuries, readers are drawn into the family of faith—first as listeners and then as participants. Harris encourages faithful reading, deep listening, bold conversation, and active engagement with Scripture. That is what it means to be part of God’s family.