The Bible--God's Revelation to Man
Down through the centuries since it has been written, there have been varied reactions to the Bible. Let us consider three basic attitudes toward the Bible. Some have hated it. Others have been indifferent to it. And still others have loved it and have tried diligently to live by its teaching.
First, some men have hated the Bible because it condemns their false teaching and their wicked lives. In the Bible itself is found the story of a king who so hated the Word of God that he both cut and burned it (Jeremiah 36:1-23). In later centuries, various men have paid with their lives for the hatred which others had for the Bible. Even today, in the [twenty-first] century, there are those who hate the Bible. They hate it, as did men of old, because of its condemnation of their wickedness and because of its demand that men submit themselves to the will of God (1 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
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Current Issues and the Law of Excluded Middle
Most astute observers of the contemporary religious scene agree that Protestantism in general is losing most of its ability to greatly influence the lives of any appreciable number of people. The reason for this seems obvious (and this reason is being recognized by an increasing number of Protestants themselves). This reason is: Protestantism long ago quit really standing for anything. It has been overtaken and now seems about to be submerged by liberalism of various sorts.
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"Prove All Things"--The Bible and God’s Law of Rationality
Some Introductory Matters
The Bible teaches that men should “prove all things,” and “hold fast” to that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21). This means simply that men should draw only such conclusions as are warranted by the evidence which the Bible (the word of God, 2 Timothy 3:16-17) provides. This means that men’s conclusions must be the conclusions of sound arguments: that is, men should draw only such conclusions as are a part of arguments which are valid and have true premises.
There are a number of reasons why students of the Bible should recognize and honor the Law of Rationality: (1) the way the Bible is written demands that such be the case, (2) specific instances of Bible characters u sing the Law of Rationality demand that such be the case, and (3) the specific passages in the Bible (which teach in various ways) demand that such be the case.
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The Bible Answers Every Basic Problem which Faces Human Beings
As human beings, men, women, boys, and girls face many kinds of problems. Some of these problems are very important indeed. We want and we need not merely an answer to some of these questions; we need the answer—God’s answer to them! And we can all be thankful to Him that He has given us His answer to every really important question we face.
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The Seriousness of the Ridicule, Rejection, and Hatred of Logic
Logic is the science of valid reasoning. It is not mere wishing. It is not mere thinking. It is not mere wrangling. Logic has to do with inference—that is, the inferring of what is implied by explicit statements. It raises the question, "Do the premises of this argument imply the conclusion of this argument?" (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
Some people think very seldom—if at all—specifically about logic; that is, they do not say such things as, "Let me show you the sound argument which proves that Proposition X is true." However, every one who is intelligent enough to be accountable for what he does is a logician. And most people are "pretty good" logicians, even though they have never formally studied logic in any college or university.
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The Bible does Not Contradict Itself!
In a recent article the charge is made that the Bible contradicts itself. As incredible as such may seem to faithful Christians, the writer of that article claims to be a member of the Lord’s church.
The purposes of this article are: (1) to categorically deny the charge that the Bible contradicts itself, (2) to point out some implications of that charge, and (3) to make an appeal to brethren everywhere to awaken to the insidious danger which is posed to the Lord’s church by men who write such articles (as that referred to in the opening sentence) and by the journals which publish them.
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Is America About to Die
A nation is a lot like a person. It is born. It lives. It grows old. It dies.
Many great nations have arisen during the history of the world. Some of them experienced a pattern somewhat like this: they began with strong spiritual, moral conviction; followed by the growth and eventual dominance of materialism, eventually to be destroyed by moral decay, apathy and anarchy.
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