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To: pcottraux
I hope you don't misconstrued my comment as criticism. I did not watch the video. I only noticed your title, “Why John Wrote His Gospel” and thought I would point out John's explanation as to why he wrote his gospel.

I don't think Christians have developed a superstition around the Bible. The Bible is God speaking directly to us. There is nothing superstitious about it. The problem is I don't think many people who say they are Christians accept the Bible as the actual word of God. They simply don't believe it is God, Himself speaking to us. If they did then they wouldn't treat it as carelessly, disobediently, or flippantly as they do. Instead they would revere it and fear the power of God speaking to us from it's pages. Instead people simply shrug it off, arguing over semantics and tenses-trying to find ways to discredit it.

The Bible is a visible miracle from God that many simply don't wish to acknowledge or want to explain away. It isn't unlike the empty tomb of the risen Christ.

27 posted on 11/22/2018 7:31:59 PM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD
Let me try to address this one-by-one.

I hope you don't misconstrued my comment as criticism.

It's getting harder and harder to tell the more of these I put up.

I did not watch the video.

What are you waiting for? This is part 13 of a video series I've been teaching for several months now. Links to the previous videos are in the first comment if you're interested. A LOT of time and research has gone into this project.

I don't think Christians have developed a superstition around the Bible.

You haven't argued with some of the people I have.

All I want to do with these lectures is educate people...and I think learning the historical context for the New Testament books is an interesting and oft-neglected topic. For some reason, that upsets a few. What's also peculiar is that despite the criticism, you won't find anyone who loves and reveres the Bible more than I do. That's why I'm putting so much work into this!

Once the New Testament is done, eventually I want to start putting together a series on why the minor prophet books of the Old Testament were written--but that's for later.

28 posted on 11/22/2018 7:41:40 PM PST by pcottraux (depthsofpentecost.com)
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