155 God’s Book (Sean Finnegan)

Q: How do you know the bible is true? A: Because God wrote it.

Q: How do you know God wrote it? A: Because the bible says God wrote it.

Q: But, how do you know the bible is true?

Here we encounter the classic circular argument for the bible’s inspiration. Surely, there’s a better way to go about establishing God’s influence on this book.

In this episode we’ll take a look at three main comparative texts from the same part of the world and same time as the bible was written, including the Enuma Elish, the Code of Hammurabi, and the Ebers Papyrus. By comparing the bible to these Babylonian and Egyptian texts we can see just how unusual it was in its own context. This, in turn, helps up have more confidence that God in fact did work with the authors of his book, providing them with an alternative source of information that cut against the grain of wisdom of their age.

Stay tuned afterwards for a couple of event announcements

Winter Teen Camp

• held at Living Faith Christian Church in Warwick, RI (Dec 28-30)
• winterteencamp.com
• a weekend for teens to learn about God and spend time together building relationships and serving the community
• early bird rate is only $60.00 for those who register by December 9th. After December 10th the cost is $75

Revive 2019

• held at Woodstock, CT (Jan 4-6)
• lhim.org/revive
• a weekend for young adults (20+) to worship and enjoy time with other believers
• theme is Wisdom, looking at the wisdom literature, including Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes
• $146 per person, please register if you know you’re coming so we can get a good count

—— Links ——

• See also the YouTube video God Speaks through Scripture (10 reasons to believe the bible is true)
• More resources on the reliability and trustworthiness of the bible
• Intro music: Jazzy Frenchy by bensound.com. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.