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Why do you suppose we have four gospels? More specifically, why do we have three “synoptic” gospels? But this question really applies to all four. Believing that God inspired the Scriptures what was his purpose in four canonical gospels? Why not just give us the one definitive one? Why not add the stories of Jesus’ [...]
Very interesting discussion in our Bible study yesterday about “the eternal state.” Thanks to Steve Walker for the N. T. Wright links. Another good resource I used was Wright’s Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship. The last two chapters are especially good regarding this subject, chapter 11, Heaven and Power and chapter 12, New Life [...]
There’s been this tension in the faith I’ve grown up with and I’m not sure how to resolve it, or even if it needs to be resolved. Sometimes I think we expect cut-and-dried answers from God only to find him responding like he did to Job asking, “Where were you…?” or to Paul saying, “My [...]
Let me wrap up this discussion of authority and try to pull it all together. The ultimate, absolute, inerrant authority for the church is Jesus Christ. The Spirit and the Scriptures and the church all testify of him, point to him, bring him to us in living color. God has spoken to us in various [...]
It seems to me that it is impractical, unwise and also unbiblical for the local church to be its own authority – just as I also believe it is impractical, unwise and unbiblical for an individual to claim to be his/her own authority. I realize that those two statements at least somewhat cut into the [...]
Posting has been a little sparse because I’ve been preoccupied – several funerals in the past two weeks, kids in soccer, cross country and basketball and, of course, the priority of taking in a few OU football games. Thinking out loud: I believe there is such a thing as “objective” reality – or that there [...]
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