| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
| Notice: | Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome! |
| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1362 |
| Total number of notes: | 61362 |
re Note 27.26 by XLIB::JACKSON:
> >Does authority require inerrancy?
>
> In my opinion, no.
>
> It is not because I want the Bible to be authoritative that I hold to
> inerrancy.
>
> It is because the Bible (in my best, reasoned understanding) claims
> inerrancy that I hold to inerrancy.
Collis,
You know, we could just agree to disagree.
Another topic we could discuss is whether God and/or the
Bible requires or expects total doctrinal unity, or considers
it the norm for true believers.
My first cut at that would be that only that part of the
message called "the good news", or the "gospel", is
essential.
Does the Bible give a concise, or any, definition for what
the "good news" is?
Bob
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| 32.1 | Respectful kindness | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | A Higher Calling | Fri Sep 28 1990 17:07 | 11 |
Bob, I believe that we are not necessarily called to doctrinal unity, but rather to live and conduct our lives in union with Christ to the limit our individual understandings will allow. I think we need to be patient with each other, and at the same time, not spoon feed each other. Peace, Richard | |||||
| 32.2 | the Good News bears repeating | DYPSS1::DYSERT | Barry - Custom Software Development | Mon Oct 01 1990 11:37 | 24 |
Re .0 (Bob)
> Does the Bible give a concise, or any, definition for what
> the "good news" is?
You bet. That's what I posted in 6.3...
"Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you
are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless
you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I
also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third
day according to the Scriptures."
(1 Cor. 15:1-4)
Of course there's more to those few verses that could be discussed
(e.g. who is Christ, what does it mean to be saved, what is the word
that Paul preached, etc.), but the word "gospel" here comes from the
Greek for "good news", so I think this is the most concise presentation
of the Good News in Scripture.
BD�
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