Hello Do I need a knowledge of the Bible if I want to know God? Let me put the question another way. Does our loving, heavenly Father need the Bible to communicate with his human children? Consider this, our loving Father was communicating with human beings long before human beings invented writing. (Let’s be clear […]
Do I need a knowledge of the Bible if I want to know God?
Who decided which writings would be included in our bibles?
Hello The decisions about which writings were to be included in our bibles were made by leaders of the early church. We still have some records of the debates that took place among those early Christian leaders. These records show that the whole process of deciding which writings were to be included was messy and very, […]
Why do people believe the bible is inspired by God?
Hello Why do people believe the Bible is inspired by God? Whenever this question is raised, someone is likely to draw attention to the first half of 2 Timothy 3:16 which is often translated “All scripture is inspired by God…”. The first point I’d like to make is that it is dangerous to take any […]
Introduction to articles on our Bibles: A word of warning.
Hello If you believe that every word in our Bibles is fully inspired by God and there are no errors or contradictions in our Bibles, and you do not want to have those beliefs challenged, you may not want to read the articles in this category. If you do read them, and disagree with what […]