NOTE:ย This message was presented by Dave White
Is everything in the Bible factual?
How literal is the Bible?
Was the earth created in 6, 24 hour days?
Was Jonah really swallowed by a whale or big fish?
Does a story have to be factual in order to be true?
How much does the factuality of these stories affect my faith in Bible truth?
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What is the Bible really for?
1. Answers: An Answer book to answer all of life’s questions?
2. Rules: A rule book that tells us God’s boundaries - who’s in and who’s out?
3. Authoritative Resource: A resource book from which to build creeds, doctrines and great sermons?
4. Promises: A promise book that reveals the secret formulas for getting God to act the way I want Him to?
Is that what the Bible is for? Or maybe it is for something else…
Can I question God and survive? Is it really okay? Can I struggle and have doubts about the Bible? Is there a place for doubting and honest questions as a Christian and in the church? What do we do with our questions? May we discover God through our questions and doubt!
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Video Introduction to Honest Questions Series:
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Mary missed the clues or telltale signs of the resurrection. How many signs have we missed that Jesus is alive and present in our daily experience? How often have we missed the spiritual as being just daily life?
What if you had met Jesus on the way to the cross? Several people did meet Him on the way to His death. There were two types of people were touched by the cross. Some touched by chance, some touched by choice - and their responses are not much different than ours today. Here are their stories, these witnesses to the cross.
