Early in my ministry, I made a conscious commitment to biblical preaching. My first priority has always been to answer the ques- tion, "What does this passage mean?" After I've explained as clearly and accurately as possible the meaning of God's Word, then I exhort people to obey and apply it to their own lives. The Bible speaks for itself to the human heart; it is not my role as a preacher to try to tailor the message. That's why I preach my way through entire books of the Bible, dealing carefully with each verse and phrase--even though that occasionally means spending time in passages that don't readily lend themselves to anecdotal or motivational messages.
Running Head: The Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible was Inspired by God Robert Surface Student # L23603038 Liberty University The Bible is the authoritative source of God’s Word to two hundred and forty seven million people throughout the United States who claim to be Christians. However, to accept the Bible as authoritative we must also accept the answers to more general questions in relationship to the Bible. We will discuss in this paper the question of what it means to say that the Bible is an authority as well as where that authority originates. We will discuss inspiration and the definition of inerrancy. In detail we will discuss the relationship between inspiration and inerrancy.
Critical Book Review – The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible Summary The Blue Parakeet is a very thought-provoking book about the approach we all take when reading the Bible. Scot McKnight is quick to point out something that we all do very naturally with the Bible, and if we aren’t careful, very recklessly: adopting and adapting when it comes to the application of the Bible to and in our lives. However, McKnight uses a much more direct phrase: picking and choosing. He points out that many Christians subscribe to the idea that “God said it, I believe it, so that settles it.” While that claim is one he observed in others and one that I’ve observed and heard from others (and even thought it at times in my own life), he notes a discrepancy between that view and what those who hold that view actually do. The reality, according to McKnight, is that we all pick and choose what to apply to our lives from our interaction with Scripture.
As I have gone through this class, we were asked to write statements on meaning. This could include how, what, or why we made meaning of stuff. The reason I say this is that this book showed us many different views on the Bible as a text or sacred scripture. These views were not all just views of Schneiders but they were from many other people’s viewpoints. The book was split into two parts which both covered ideas and issues that were centered around the New Testament.
But, fortunately, that is not how God chose to speak to us. Rather, he chose to speak his eternal truths within the particular circumstances and events of human history......... The Bible is the Word of God given in human words in history.” So whilst being divinely inspired and having 'eternal relevance', the Bible also has 'historical peculiarity' – each text is conditioned by the language, time and culture in which it was written – interpreting the Bible means understanding these things – i.e. understanding the context in which the text is written. It is important to recognise that interpretation has already taken place for most people reading the Bible; translators have 'interpreted' words and meanings in their Bible translations.
Eli then proceeds to admit that the book he is carrying is a copy of the King James Version of the Bible. Eli, having read the Bible daily for many years begins to translate it from memory. In the end it turns out that Eli is blind but no one realized it until this point. Eli was true to his worldview despite the
However, the demand grew and he committed himself in publishing this bible reading for forty years and in 1965 he founded an organisation called Crusade for World Revival. The author lost his wife in 1986 from cancer and also suffered the death of his sons. In spite of this sad event, he remained strong in faith and published his autobiography My Story in 2004 and in 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Brunel University for his service to Christian Education. This excellent book is for every Christian who wants to make a difference in helping a friend, a family member of a fellow Christian in trouble. The author’s targeted audience is every Christian, as well as ministers and undergraduates.
Whenever I question my parents or my grandparents why should I go to church, they would say that I should give thanks to our blessings as well as pray for those who are in need and less fortunate. My young mind, filled with more questions that I know I should not ask because I know that the adults would just get annoyed and scold me for being noisy during the mass. As I grew older, I was expected to be closer to God, when in fact I felt more confused. I thought there was only one God? Since when did Muslims have their own God?
I asked my Step-Father, he realized that I knew nothing about the church. He started to question me and saw that I always have assumed it was just family and friends gathering around and sharing the stories at nice brick building. On that night, he took his time to introduce me to Jesus Christ and explained about how He created the Earth and His life on the Earth. After that, he made sure that I had a Sign Language Interpreter at our church for the rest of my life. For twenty years, I was very involved in my church such as serving, praying, signing, and teaching.
In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe has a very unique writing style like nothing I have ever read before, well except perhaps the Bible. Something that draws me into the book is his specific way of writing and the elements he uses to create this story. Chinua Achebe uses a lot of foreshadowing in his writing,and i mean a lot! An example is when Okonkwo is describing the locust coming as individuals to survey the land, and then all the rest of them (page 48-49). This cleary forshadowed the coming of the missionaires and ultimately the clan falling apart, just like the tree braches breaking under the locusts.