April 25 - (8:15 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Traditional Services & 9:45 A.M. Praise Service) & Wednesday, April 28 (6:30 P.M. Casual Service @ Crossroads, 2095 Fair Avenue)Sermon - "Big Questions - Is the Bible Reliable?"
Features - 4th Sunday of Easter; Latvia/Lithuania Guests Welcome; & the Company of Praise Choir (9:45 & 11:00)
Scripture - II Timothy 3:10-17 & Luke 24:13-27
Theme - Today is the 3rd part of a four part sermon series on “Big Questions.” On this Sunday, our focus is on the important question, “Is the Bible Reliable?” What criteria do people use to make this statement? What does the evidence suggest? Join us on this Sunday to find out why the Apostle Paul claimed, “All scripture is inspired by God.”
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Literalists have a hard time with Joshua 10:12-13 and 2Kings 20:8-11 in the face of the heliocentric model of the solar system being widely accepted. Likewise, Matthew 27:44 records both robbers crucified with Jesus joined in the reviling yet In Luke 23:39-43, one of the miscreants rebukes the other and is assured of dinner plans in heaven with Him...
ReplyDeleteI can understand how Star Trek's "chromatom particles" may have been used to create a warp bubble over the battle which allowed time to pass slowly enough to allow "nearly a day" of extra daylight and I can think that maybe the one thief had a change of heart before Matthew 27's 50th verse, but it's hard for me to take them seriously when I think about how right out of the gate in Genesis there are two creation stories that really can't be reconciled.
I still consider the bible reliable because of these little inconsistencies; it affords us the ability to "take a second look" and to grasp the meaning behind the words as opposed to chaining the Infinite with the language of the Mortal.
After all, with a little space, the following sentences have a different meaning: "What's on the road ahead?", "What's on the road a head?"