Can the Bible Be Reliable in Today’s World?

Asking the question “Is the Bible Reliable?” opens a whole can of worms in today’s post-modern world.

Can anything be reliable? Can we really know certainty?

What about those crazy Christian followers of the Bible? Don’t they have it all wrong?

What is the Bible? What is its purpose?

In last Sunday’s sermon, I dive into these questions and more. In a sermon series exploring questions about God, I got to answer the question, “Is the Bible Reliable?”

I hope you’ll follow this link, Is the Bible Reliable?, to watch the video, listen to the audio, or read/skim the sermon transcript.

Here’s a short intro:

Today’s gospel reading was once used against me to claim that I was a hypocrite as a Christian. You see, I had a nice job and a nice apartment in New York City and some nice things. According to this man’s argument though, I was not a good Christian because I had not followed Jesus’ command to “go, sell everything, and give it to the poor.” He thought that I (and all Christians) needed to take these words of Jesus literally.
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Also…

If someone were accused of wrongdoing in our society and brought before a judge, we would allow that person to defend himself and speak for himself. In order for justice to truly be served, that person must be given the opportunity to speak for himself. So let’s let the Bible speak for itself and tell us what it is and what its purpose is. Let’s let it tell us what it’s reliable for. —READ MORE

What questions do you have about the Bible?

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