Do you really have to believe that every word and sentence in the entire Bible is the “word of God” in order to be a faithful Christian? Must one assume all 66 documents in the Christian Bible must be free of errors of fact and completely consistent in what is reported or else it just cannot be trusted to reveal God and to guide us into faithful living? How did Jesus interpret the Hebrew Bible? Why did Jesus say, “You have heard it said, but I say…?” Is there an intellectually honest and consistent way to read and interpret scripture if the Bible is not “inerrant and infallible” as fundamentalists and many evangelicals claim?
LPC Pastor Jim Butler will explore these and other questions regarding scripture and its role and authority in a three-part series in Wright Chapel following the 10 a.m. worship service. The series begins Sunday, February 12 and continues on February 19 and 26.