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Beyond Tolerance #1

June 1, 2022

People can publicly criticize Christian truth because they have the freedom that a biblical revelation contextualized in our society has given them. Try making the same religious criticisms about Islam in a Muslim country! But we must go beyond tolerance to love.

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Is the Bible true?


Christians believe the Bible is divinely inspired and essential for teaching, correction, and spiritual growth, but there is often a gap between this belief and actual practice. This gap is partly due to academic skepticism about the Bible's reliability and the argument that using the Bible in modern, post-literate society is unnecessary.


This article addresses the following 10 questions…

Is the Bible true?

Is the Bible historically accurate?

Is the Bible scientifically compatible?

Is the Bible ethically acceptable?

Why do you believe the Bible is true?

Can you be a scientist and also believe in the Bible?

Can you have a high view of reason and still also believe in the Bible?

What could you do today to start finding out about the truthfulness of the Bible?

What new areas of your life could you submit to the truth claims of the Bible?

Does the Bible promote intolerance?

Archives

As we come to the end of this series in Mark 7, Jesus is teaching us that authentic Christianity starts with a transformed heart. The Pharisees emphasized external behavior, but Jesus says following God is about having a radical change of heart.
May 31, 2022
Authentic Christianity only accepts biblical teaching. This passage in Mark presents us with a choice: traditional teaching or biblical teaching. This is an either/or choice, not a both/and decision.
May 30, 2022
Paul tells the Galatians that the reason they have lost their joy and almost lost their faith is because they've lost sight of the cross.
May 28, 2022
This passage in Mark talks about the importance of Biblical teaching vs. traditional teaching. We must clarify what that means and choose between them.
May 27, 2022
Since Covid, most churches have up to two-thirds of their attenders not physically showing up at church. But it's not about attendance, it's about what church really is. It's not about entertainment or what we get out of it, it's about the fellowship and community of worshipping God together.
May 26, 2022
Who we worship is shown by the way we worship which is shown by our attitude to the Word in worship. If our worship is driven by our human preferences, all it shows is that we're  worshipping our own preferences. Worship needs to be about God and what he wants, not about us and what we want.
May 25, 2022
There is a constant tendency to move away from what real Christianity is, with the priorities of God's Word and true worship of Jesus. So many people reject Christianity today because they don't really understand what it is, so we must define it properly.
May 24, 2022
There is a natural human tendency to Pharisaism where we establish our own righteousness. But the gospel is all about grace, so we need to make sure we understand real Christianity.
May 23, 2022
Jesus has done everything that needs to be done for your salvation. We are all sinners, and we need to be justified. Find out what we must do to get right with God.
May 21, 2022
Here we learn how to love and why. We'll grasp both the practicality and the motivation to love. But we live in a time where hate is far more predominant than love. The church has a mission to love our neighbor as we've been loved.
May 20, 2022
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Josh Moody (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, IL., president and founder of God Centered Life Ministries, and author of several books including How the Bible Can Change Your Life. He was an associate fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University (2007-2011), and his Cambridge University doctorate in Theology was published in 2005. Pastor Josh grew up south of London, became a follower of Jesus in the Church of England, was an undergraduate at Cambridge University where he was president of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union. He is married to Rochelle, and they have four children.

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