Here’s a little outline from the talk I did at Medical Christian Union at Sussex 2 weeks ago…
The short answer is NO!
If the Bible is God’s word as it says (2 Tim 3:16), then it will be true.
That is a massive circular argument, BUT it has to be - just like the American Constitution!
God’s word must be ’self-authenticating’, but we can look to other evidence to expand this circle of argument.
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We shouldn’t ignore possible errors in the Bible, we need to think, discuss and research.
But we shouldn’t use possible errors to dismiss the Bible completely or to avoid addressing the central claims of the Bible…
Tonight was the first in what will hopefully be a long-term series of cafe nights at BH. I was a bit frustrated with the cafe nights that happened in the past, because it was the same as a normal service, just with chairs set out differently and some nibbles… but tonight we got rid of songs, prayers, any kind of liturgy or service order and I ad libbed at the front.
Povey spoke on the subject of exclusive beliefs and absolute truth, essentially just a rip off of Keller… speaking of which, after a review by me I managed to flog some cut-price copies of Reason for God, I have two copies left if anyone is interested. You can get Povey’s talk here…
Unexpectedly, Father bought a copy of Keller’s book, came in the post today. So had a read of the introduction. Keller sets out to explain the situation we are at in our culture (a distrust between sceptics and believers) and why we should all honestly and carefully approach the big questions in life. Here’s some initial points…
Keller seems intellectually robust, philosophically aware, and yet humble, personal and honest. Looks like it’ll be a good read if I get round to it! Having read Mere Christianity the other month, it does seem like the ‘modern’ version, with Keller writing to the next generation than Lewis was.
Here’s a video of Tim Keller on his book tour, giving a talk at a university. I didn’t really listen to the talk (I’d already listened to the individual ones on the Reason for God website) but was more interested in the Q&A afterwards, he’s very gracious in his answers and is clearly very well read - I’d have liked him to come and do a lunchbar at Sussex.