tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post8996003103701944813..comments2023-07-08T22:56:08.439+10:00Comments on But Now: Douglas CampbellPeter Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04920521116155320608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-4712929288286587942009-09-17T14:58:59.123+10:002009-09-17T14:58:59.123+10:00Roger
I think the best way to handle this questio...Roger<br /><br />I think the best way to handle this question is to just look at the NT:<br /><br />-Look at how Luke opens his Gospel and how he describes how he has carefully investigated everything by speaking to those who were eye-witnesses. Richard Bauckham's book Jesus and the eyewitnesses: the Gospels as eyewitness testimony would be helpful here as well.<br /><br />-Galatians 1 and 2 as Dave mentioned are very revealing. Notice how Paul testifies that he didn't receive the gospel from the other apostles but when he sets the gospel he was preaching before them (2:2), they confirmed that it was the same gospel they were preaching. In other words Paul - like the other apostles - had received it from Christ. <br /><br />-See also Hebrews 2:3;1 John 1:1<br /><br />These verses will not necessarily convince the skeptic but they will hopefully guard believers against the error that Pullman is promoting.Peter Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920521116155320608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-48985627094041851482009-09-15T22:02:15.771+10:002009-09-15T22:02:15.771+10:00Thanks to both of you. I thought that it would be ...Thanks to both of you. I thought that it would be an old and tired argument. But how many people are up on the literature? Look at the effect the Da Vinci Code had, and Pullman's a better writer than Dan Brown.<br /><br />I imagine that CPX (Centre for Public Christianity) will publish a response, but these always take months to come out. I'd like to have something simple I can give to my kids ASAP defending the Bible, but letting them know that this defence is based on solid scholarship.Roger Gallaghernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-33218699468300967592009-09-15T06:39:06.112+10:002009-09-15T06:39:06.112+10:00Galatians 1:11-12 is always a good place to start ...Galatians 1:11-12 is always a good place to start too...Dave Clanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175082754647293739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-67204107090274507632009-09-15T06:14:09.595+10:002009-09-15T06:14:09.595+10:00Hi Roger
This is an old (and tired!) argument. Ha...Hi Roger<br /><br />This is an old (and tired!) argument. Have a look at David Wenham's book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Follower-Jesus-Founder-Christianity/dp/0802801242<br /><br />PetePeter Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920521116155320608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-8381841390791787032009-09-14T23:36:19.917+10:002009-09-14T23:36:19.917+10:00Hi Pete,
Have you seen the articles in the press ...Hi Pete,<br /><br />Have you seen the articles in the press concerning Phillip Pullman? He's writing a book for kids claiming that Jesus wasn't the Son of God, Paul made it all up.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/6148702/Philip-Pullman-book-denies-Jesus-was-son-of-God.html<br /><br />I know that this argument was trendy in academic circles some time back. Have you looked at the issue, and do you know any good books that critique this position.Roger Gallaghernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056339294979783538.post-48820997008198542852009-09-13T14:02:44.641+10:002009-09-13T14:02:44.641+10:00Very helpful Pete (particulalry for those of us wh...Very helpful Pete (particulalry for those of us who probably won't read him!). Amazing how time and time again it is an a priori doctrine of Scripture which hangs over all our biblical and theological work.Dave Clanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175082754647293739noreply@blogger.com