His tactic is always the same...'create doubt' and in doing so 'destroy faith in God'..and in todays society all the easier for few care to even know the truth let alone seek to find it.
It seems to me that Matt Slick uses a lot of verbiage to confuse what should be an easy-to-understand matter, and to gain...what?. I regret reading this post.
Not all and we as Christians, especially those of us that love apologetics, must not run from them and claim copying errors. Some of the "difficulties" are nothing more than perspective and to whom the text was written. For example, one passage in Samuel relates a Philistine claimed to have killed King Saul, but another passage says that Saul killed himself. Both are true. The Bible is merely relaying an accurate account of one person boasting, coupled with the actual account of Saul's suicide.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -John 1:1
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Revelation 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Yesterday saw...a forceful plea from a key papal advisor [Bishop Salvatore Fisichella, the rector of the Lateran University and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life] to reject the idea of Christianity as a “Religion of the Book”...........the big debate over Dei Verbum at the time of the council pitted what was then known as the “two-source theory,” which held that Scripture and tradition are essentially two separate streams of revelation, against the “one-source theory,” which posited that Scripture is the lone source of revelation and tradition is an elaboration of it. In effect, Dei Verbum held that Scripture and tradition are interdependent and integrally related to one another.
-- from the thread Synod: Christianity not a 'Religion of the Book'
While Catholics believe the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it is true, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true, Pope Benedict XVI said........The commission of biblical scholars, an advisory body to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, met at the Vatican May 2-6 to continue discussions about “Inspiration and Truth in the Bible”....
....In his message, the Pope said clearer explanations about the Catholic position on the divine inspiration and truth of the Bible were important because some people seem to treat the Scriptures simply as literature, while others believe that each line was dictated by the Holy Spirit and is literally true. Neither position is Catholic, the Pope said.
-- from the thread How to Read the Bible as a Catholic
The Cristian Church recognizes a collection of 73 books. This author seems a little weak on the historic Christian canon.
“I was trying to be on the level with God, but something remained unspoken. At last the Holy Spirit freed me to say it. ‘Father, I am going to accept this as Thy Word–by faith! I’m going to allow faith to go beyond my intellectual questions and doubts, and I will believe this to be Your inspired Word.’”
We won't know all the answers to our questions until we see Him face to face. Until then, I believe that no faith can be described as Christian unless God's Word in the form of Jesus is the center of that faith. If anyone believes things that are clearly refuted in His Word, maybe they should call themselves something other than Christian, like those who admire Jesus's life and teaching but reject Him as being God Incarnate. They are not Christians.
I appreciate the article as it says in easy-to-understand words what is a central tenet of Christianity - that we CAN trust the Scriptures to be our rule of faith. Thank you.
After several decades in God's Word, I am certain most of those "difficulties" have been introduced by man, meaning primarily religious tradition. If you rightly divide the Word as Paul directs Timothy (2 Timothy 2:15), those difficulties will disappear - I've watched many a sacred cow of my own fade away in the light of God's Truth. (Psalm 119:130)
The biggest challenge for any Believer is being prepared to reevaluate and dump all the religious hooey pushed through the centuries that contradicts the Word, and with a pure heart approach God's Word with a desire for Truth. You must believe that the Holy Spirit will reveal the Word as you continually consume and believe it. This requires digging into the original languages, and understanding its figurative use by the culture of that time. You cannot know Jesus apart from His Word. They are one and the same.
The good news is that the accumulated knowledge of our generation, our easy access to it through available technology, has completely changed the way one can study God's Word. Even a child can instantly research a verse, passage, or even a single word in its original language, compare it to every other use, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, know the true meaning and application of any passage, verse, or word in the Bible. Its a good time to be a Believer. No longer are you captive to religion that will pervert and manipulate God's Word. The Truth sets you FREE from religious bondage. (John 8:31-32) When religion questions God's Word, "Did God really say?" You can answer confidently with the words of Jesus, "It is written."
However, if you cling to your your religion more than you love God's Truth, the Bible will be of little use, and there will be a whole lot of "difficulties" in your path.
This isn’t that hard, y’all:
2 Timothy 3:16-17 New International Version (NIV)
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
And to those who think that any human source is equal to it:
Revelation 22:18-19 New International Version (NIV)
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
CARM=Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry.
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His tactic is always the same...'create doubt' and in doing so 'destroy faith in God'..and in todays society all the easier for few care to even know the truth let alone seek to find it.
His tactic is always the same...'create doubt' and in doing so 'destroy faith in God'..and in todays society all the easier for few care to even know the truth let alone seek to find it.
His tactic is always the same...'create doubt' and in doing so 'destroy faith in God'..and in todays society all the easier for few care to even know the truth let alone seek to find it.
No matter: It conveys the message from God.