Another discussion from CRC-Voices on whether poking around with Genesis-origins, issues, etc. destroys faith.
My experience is different. I think about it more like a marriage.
It is common for couples when they marry to imagine that marriage will be a Disneyland of pleasures and joys. Your spouse will always say the right thing, do the right thing, make all your dreams come true. It doesn’t take long to learn that Disney land is full of garbage cans that need emptying and workers who don’t have that same “Disney” experience every day. Is saying that to tear down marriage?
What we learn in time, hopefully, is that my initial infatuation was an ego trip imagining that I was the center of the universe and that this other person was here to make my dreams come true. What is also available is the opportunity to learn from a marriage that my problems reside in me and that simply getting a piece of paper and a ring is insufficient.
My experience of my faith in the Bible has increased with my understanding of its complexities. I now believe more than I did as a child that everything it tells me is true. I have learned to rely on it for daily living in a way I couldn’t have imagined just 10 years ago, this with all of my questions and wonderings raised contemporary debates about Genesis cosmology, historicity of Adam and Eve, etc.
For a Christian the core of the Bible radiates out from the resurrection. Without the resurrection the whole system falls apart.
1. Jesus was raised from the dead attested to by multiple witnesses.
2. Jesus’ resurrection means that his crucifixion wasn’t simply another Roman political execution.
3. Jesus’ resurrection means that he was who he said he was.
4. Jesus’ resurrection means that everything he told us was true.
5. We believe in the OT because of what Jesus said about it.
6. We believe in the NT because it is the witness to Jesus of the apostolic community established personally by him.
7. The Holy Spirit moves me to believe all of this is true.
To me this is how it works. pvk
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Thanks for the post Paul.
I agree with you that the resurrection of Christ is the central key. And I like your analogy of a marriage too. As we grow to know the Bible better, instead of the narrow stereotype we have of it, we get to know ourselves deeper too. And often that isn’t always pretty is it? It’s always so much more easier to avoid looking into our deep selves for fear of what we might find.
I agree. In my novel, The Image of the Invisible (released 3/10/11 by AuthorHouse), I play with the idea that there is more to the Bible than we Christians get at first glance. I am encouraged to hear you say this is a good thing.