Scholarship

Don’t accept someones point of view just because they have the title “pastor” after them. In this case, an atheist has a better understanding of the gospel than the pastor they’re speaking to.

Some raise concerns over The Manhattan Declaration. Consider two issues raised and examine them to understand the underlying problems and errors resulting from faulty analysis of the Biblical text.

A new version of the NIV arrives in 2011, and the TNIV will be dropped. But will the new translation be a simple revision of the NIV, or will scholars try to make it more like the corrupt TNIV? Be wary of “scholars” making claims.

Can science abandon the scientific method and proclaim truth by fiat? One field of “science” makes the attempt, as one popular writer argues.

So-called “scholars” may lack basic logical and Biblical analysis skills, so do not depend on accolades to give credibility to theories. As an example, a book by a “renowned Bible scholar” has come under fire … by an atheist. Yet we’ll agree with the atheist the “renowned Bible scholar” uses bogus “scholarship”, in spite of their title. Be vary careful not to believe whatever the “scholars” tell you, just because they have titles after their name.

The question of why suffering exists has plagued man for centuries. What does the Bible have to say about suffering? Examine what a scholar has to say, and see if his arguments actually demonstrate scholarship, or a lack of proper research.

Should we stick with the King James Version or use a more modern translation? Analysis of textual issues in the Bible including Alexandrian texts, Textus Receptus and Westcott-Hort and differences in the various translations.

The Deutero-Isaiah hypothesis represents modern Biblical scholarship with its belief Isaiah didn’t write the book bearing his name, but multiple anonymous authors wrote different sections with the book later being compiled as Isaiah. Does the Bible itself rebut the scholars? Or should you spend hours reading their scholarship?