Recently I wrote an article that was equal parts critique and sympathy for Bill Maher’s latest documentary – Religulous. I think it’s worth watching and I actually sympathized with much of what Bill said was outrageous about contemporary Christianity. However, because Bill was so hung up on how ridiculous so many of the stories and themes of the Bible seem to be, he just couldn’t bring himself to believe any of it. That’s what I wrote about here and for the rest of this week I want to offer some of the key reasons why I believe the Bible even though it seems to be pretty far out there!
The # 1 reason why I believe in such a ridiculous book full of seemingly far-fetched tales and hard to believe miracles is pretty ridiculous all by itself and you won’t understand it unless it’s happened to you…
Something has happened in my heart/soul/mind that I can’t quite explain that compels me to believe that Jesus the Christ is exactly who the Bible says he is. I believe it my bones. I can’t shake it. And because I believe that Jesus Christ is who the Bible says he is, I believe what he had to say about the sacred nature and importance of Holy texts, how he esteemed the words of the Torah, and, consequently, I choose to believe it because he did.
Jesus regularly quoted biblical passages and alluded to scripture from the time he began his earthly ministry until the last day of his life. If it was that central for him, it’s good for me (and hopefully for you).
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That's it for me, too. I did the reasearch to try to disprove the Resurrection. I came away convinced that the least unlikely explanation for the evidence we have was that it actually happened. So if that right,t hen Jesus was – and is – Who He said he was- and is. So if that's true, then I'd best pay attention to what He said. And one of the things He said was that the world will end before the tiniest bit of Torah goes away. I guess I'd better take it seriously.
In the spirit of Christian love, I’m going to reserve ultimate comments until you finish this series. I’m very anxious to hear your reasons.
Peace and luv bro.
waiting for all the reasons…loving it.