But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
Jude 1:17-19 (NIV)
I am not surprised when I read or hear an atheist discount Christianity. Maybe a bit irritated with the whole "blame a god you don't believe exists for the evils a godless society perpetuates upon itself" diatribe. Annoyed but not surprised.
But when I hear people who call themselves Christians, priests, pastor or Biblical scholars denying the authenticity and reliability of Scripture or the existence of Christ as described in the Bible that alarms and angers me.
Whenever we try to stuff our understanding of God into the finiteness of our understanding we create a god less than the God of the Bible, the Eternal, Almighty God. Occasionally public television will produce a series on the Bible. Naturally most of the Bible scholars they consult and/or interview are liberal theologians. Liberal theologians are like modern day Sadducees. Neither believe in the miraculous so they always try to explain away anything outside of the realm of their own limited and finite understanding. What will they do when they meet the God who rose Jesus from the dead?
Whenever we try to stuff our understanding of God into the finiteness of our understanding we create a god less than the God of the Bible, the Eternal, Almighty God. Occasionally public television will produce a series on the Bible. Naturally most of the Bible scholars they consult and/or interview are liberal theologians. Liberal theologians are like modern day Sadducees. Neither believe in the miraculous so they always try to explain away anything outside of the realm of their own limited and finite understanding. What will they do when they meet the God who rose Jesus from the dead?
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