1 Corinthians 3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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When will we be able to understand the 'hard' sayings of the Bible? We haven't been weaned off the simple teachings yet!
Expand your knowledge of the Bible and Christianity. Learn where your faith came from.
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When will we be able to understand the 'hard' sayings of the Bible? We haven't been weaned off the simple teachings yet!
Expand your knowledge of the Bible and Christianity. Learn where your faith came from.
posted by askeral @ 4:43 PM
3 Comments:
At 5:36 AM,
Anonymous said…
The Bible is the most important thing, of course, but don't neglect learning something of church history. If you don't, you're easy prey to those who would have you join them in their apostasy (e.g. pseudo-intellectual liberals who will try to tell you that Constantine wrote the New Testament in the 4th century) or who would divide the church unnecessarily (e.g. King James Only-ism).
On the other hand, if you know the true history of how the NT was put together (almost completely agreed upon by the end of the 1st century) or Bible translations (that the KJV or its English-language predecessors, and the Latin Vulgate that preceded them were all translations made so that the common man could understand the Bible without confusing language), then you can calmly ride out the storms that could otherwise tempt you into unbelief.
At 8:01 AM,
askeral said…
Excellent comment. Can you share/recommend any references or books for anyone wanting to research the church history?
At 5:43 AM,
Anonymous said…
Thanks for the encouragement. To tell you the truth, I picked up what I know from a variety of different sources, most of which I don't remember. That doesn't help you, I know. Here are a few books that you might be interested in:
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (I know this one well - it's an excellent summary of reasons why the liberals are wrong about the canon of the NT)
Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way by Philip Jenkins (a good easy-to-read yet thorough description of why the gnostic and other apocryphal gospels may have some historical interest as regards the development of gnosticism but have nothing to do with Christianity)
Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley (I don't know this book but it's recommended by the Christian Research Institute)
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Bruce M. Metzger (or one of many books by Metzger, a world-class scholar, on similar subjects)
In addition, the Case for Christ has a large number of people who you should check out to learn more.
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