Category: Authority of Scripture

How Is the Authority of the New Testament Being Attacked Today (and What Can We Do About It)?

I recently spent some time in Chattanooga speaking to various groups about the authority of Scripture.  I spoke to college students from RUF at the University of Tennessee (Chattanooga) and Covenant College about “Five Misconceptions about the Origins of the New Testament.”

Then I spoke to Alternate Seminary on “How Do We Know the Bible is God’s Word?”  Alternate Seminary is doing some great work training African American pastors and leaders. Here is a twitter post from my visit there:

Then I gave two lectures …

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Is the God of the Old Testament a Moral Monster? An Interview with Dick Belcher

One of the most common objections to biblical authority is that the God of the Bible is guilty of committing immoral acts. God appears to advocate, endorse, and even commit acts that are normally seen as morally questionable. The classic example is the command to the Israelites to wipe out the Canaanites as they enter into the promised land.

In fact, it is the question of whether God endorses genocide that features heavily in the objections of atheist Richard Dawkins in his book The God Delusion (Mariner Books, 2008). It is also a prominent theme in Peter Enns’ book, The Bible Tells Me So (HarperOne, 2014). See my review of …

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