Comments on: Is the Bible Really God’s Word?

by: Briget

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:40:18 +0000

My husband does not believe that Jesus is God. He believes that Jesus was a good person, a great leader, but he does not believe He is God. I am a Christian. I do believe that Jesus is God. I became saved 3 years after my marriage. It is difficult for me to share my faith with my husband becase he always says that the Bible is full of errors, mistakes and that only men gave their opinion of what God said in the Bible. He does not believe that the Bible is the actual word of God.

I am frustrated with my husaband. I am very worried about his eternal future. Nothing I say seems to help. Could you please give me some advice?

Thank you
Briget, Alexandria Virginia

by: Mrs. Burrows

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:20:28 +0000

Spent time today under the preaching/teaching of John MacArthur on the first 4 verses of Titus through GTY’s tape lending library(what a blessing those first two tapes were to me. God’s Word has a way of making me no longer thirsty on one hand yet thirsting for more on the other ~ if that makes sense to anyone but me.). No way is the Bible anything BUT God’s Word.

Looking forward to further rich posts such as are shared here, Nathan.

by: bob

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:30:58 +0000

“shrug the moff” = “shrug them off”, sorry

by: bob

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:30:30 +0000

interesting list but were i to show that to an unsaved friend they would just shrug the moff. Such arguments are often meaningless to the lost, hardened heart. Apologetics of this sort are of little use for most men, as even if you can prove the physical (historicity, archeological support, veracity, etc) you can’t prove the spiritual to those dead spiritually. that is God’s work and needs to be wrought in the heart. the only tool we have there is faithful prayer.

btw, i look forward still to your notes from your ShepConf07 session. are you still planning to get around to posting them eventually? =)

by: David

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:00:01 +0000

Dinosaurs most certainly ARE mentioned in the Bible! The leviathan and behemoth could not be, as many say today, a hippo and a crocodile. More later…

by: Mark La Roi

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:49:36 +0000

Y’know, one word has been one of the most nurturing waters and grinding stones of my existence. “Why?” I sometimes feel bad that I didn’t have the church upbringing that so many in my community had, even those who aren’t saved can recite some hymns and Bible stories which are familiar also to my saved family.

Then, I realize that although my belief in God was planted in my childhood, since I didn’t submit to His gracious salvation until I was 23, I started almost from scratch. This combined with my natural propensity to ask “why” has led to real crisis moments which invariably have led to greater faith because when I asked myself why I believe things in the Bible, I either find a very demonstrable answer, of I find that despite the current lack of that answer the abundance of previous answers makes me trust that the answer will come in time.

One that gave me no end of difficulty was “I have a book, they have a book, so how can I explain why mine is better?”

Talk about getting into deep prayer and study!

by: Kurt

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:16:44 +0000

I most certainly believe that the Bible is the very Word of God and is infallible and inerrant. But this last day or two, I have felt God leading me to fully explore this fact and write out why I believe this.

Then, this morning, I come across this post and am greatly encouraged and amazed by God’s providence. I look forward to your future postings.

by: jsb

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:30:03 +0000

Thank you for this. Torrey is one of my spiritual heroes. An amazing intellect (accepted to Yale at age 14!) who came to embrace and defend the true fundamentals of the faith. When he finally came to accept inerrancy as an aspect of his own, personal faith, his ministry began to take off in power. This will be a great series!

by: Nath @ Reformed Geek

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:02:05 +0000

I look forward to this series Nathan. In this postmodern culture where the inerrancy of the Bible is constantly being attacked, this is a subject that we can never be reminded of enough.