Some people will definitely be put off, but I am writing to people who have found that the way they have been taught to read the Bible leaves them confused and dissatisfied. I introduce readers to ideas that are familiar to serious Christian thinkers, even if they are not often explained or even acknowledged from the pulpit. For example, I talk about the idea that divine revelation comes through people who make assumptions that are typical of their own time and place, some of which we find inadequate, so we can’t simply equate what they say with divinely revealed truth. I also talk about how divine revelation is a process that takes time and how some things biblical writers say need to be corrected by fuller revelation. Without these ideas, we would have a tough time dealing with such things as scriptural texts containing descriptions of God doing terrible things or giving instructions for us to do what seems clearly wrong.