Ran into this interesting entry about a new version of the Bible via Alan. Most interesting comments on this entry too. Can the Bible be true without being inerrant? I think it can and is but then I have been known to interpret parts of this holiest of books as story and literature at times – but always with the understanding that it is full of truth and is inspired writing. Inspired by God who still speaks to us through it.
And I am beginning to look at some of the major questions that plague people searching for the truth, searching for God but not really sure if they believe all they have heard about Jesus. Or can’t understand how we can believe in the God they have seen demonstrated in the Christian church past and present. I hope people will be brave enough to ask questions over coffee after church.
There is a quote from C.S. Lewis that I want to use. He quotes Tennyson “There lives more faith in human doubt believe me, than in half the creeds” Anyone know just where this is from? Think it is from Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms but are not sure.
Some of the resources I plan to use:
Letters from a Sceptic by Greg and Ed Boyd
Mere Christianity by C.S.Lewis
The Jesus I Never Knew by Yancey
A New Kind of Christian and The Story We Find Ourselves In by Brian McClaren
“But Don’t All Religions Lead to God?” by Michael Green
Any other suggestions?
And I guess the most important thing I can really share, firsthand, will be my own faith story and the reality it is for me.
I’m actually rather scared to do this. Why God nudged me to do this I don’t know. I hope he shows up as we do this cause he will have to be there with me. I don’t suppose I have to come up with all the answers – just be willing to let people ask their questions and listen and direct them to places they might find some answers.
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It’s a dangerous thing to ask for book recommendations! I love talking books. Strangely, I have read none of the books that I am about to list, so I can’t say I “recommend” them, but you may want to have a look:
-Basic Christianity by John Stott (it’s a so-called “classic”)
-Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias
-Christ Among Other Gods by Irwin Lutzer
-More than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell.
Again, I haven’t read any of these books, but they came to mind. Other books dealing with “issues” would be:
-What’s so Amazing About Grace by Phil Yancey
-The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian and the Risk of Commitment by Daniel Taylor
-Letters to Marc about Jesus by Henri Nouwen
I’ve read the Yancey and the Taylor, and they’re both excellent. Haven’t read the Nouwen (yet), but it seems to be a conversation about Jesus…
Anyway, just some ideas…
Thanks for all the suggestions. I’ve read the Yancy too. He’s good and easy to read. I too love books – too much – have to work hard at self control in a bookstore – or online.
No kidding. My book purchasing to book reading ratio is very bad, especially when I’ve just been in a quality used bookstore. I’m a sucker for cheap books!