The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues

· Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Dan McClellan
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Bible scholar and popular TikToker Dan McClellan confronts misconceptions about the Bible. This program is read by the author.

The Bible is the world’s most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, and public spaces, people try to cut debate short by claiming that "the Bible says so!" However, they commonly disagree about what it actually does and doesn't say, particularly when it comes to socially significant issues. For instance, does the Bible say we should be on the lookout for an antichrist associated with the number 666? Does it say women shouldn’t wear revealing clothing? Does it say it’s okay to hit your kids?

In The Bible Say So, Dan McClellan leverages his popular "data over dogma" approach, and his years of experience in the academy and on social media, to lay out in clear and accessible ways what the data indicate the Bible does and doesn't say about issues ranging from homosexuality, abortion, and slavery to monotheism, inspiration, and even God's wife. Smart, accessible, and informative, The Bible Says So is an invaluable resource for our fractious times.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press Essentials.

Bible scholar and popular TikToker Dan McClellan confronts misconceptions about the Bible. This program is read by the author. The Bible is the world’s most influential book, but do we really know what it says? Every day across social media and in homes, businesses, and public spaces, people try...

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S MS
June 28, 2025
just listening to the introduction. I can see that this author has no concept of who God is. He starts with an extremely detailed thesis on what the Bible is in terms of it just being any other book. at least that's the first impression. extreme. very dangerous, very dogmatic
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Robert Zuti-Lewis (Robby)
September 28, 2026
I've been watching Dan on YouTube, and I have already been reading the book. I am a slow reader and I wanted to listen while I followed along. This is a great explanation, and it covers questions I have always had. I 100% recommend this reading.
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Maureen
May 3, 2025
...at hearing, it's, pre-view,intro, I found it's, author,being, unbiased, thus far interesting,and, comfortable, enough, to set aside,all, earlier contradictions, and "wrtten in in STONE' concepts,from,traditional religious exposure.....broadening, my mind,to look at the Bible,as, if reading,/hearing it for the first,time... a, different, perspective,view of it,[ the Bible.
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About the author

Dan McClellan is an award-winning public scholar of the Bible. He has over one million followers on social media, and tens of thousands more tune in to his online classes and his Data Over Dogma Podcast. Dan received his PhD from the University of Exeter. He worked previously as a scripture translation supervisor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is currently an honorary fellow at Birmingham University's Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion.
Dan McClellan is an award-winning public scholar of the Bible. He has over one million followers on social media, and tens of thousands more tune in to his online classes and his Data Over Dogma Podcast. Dan received his PhD from the University of Exeter. He worked previously as a scripture trans...

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