{"id":343,"date":"2010-03-23T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=343"},"modified":"2013-06-26T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T15:28:34","slug":"dealing-with-apparent-contradictions-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Apparent Contradictions (Part 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

14.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Realize that no one has ever proven a contradiction.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you realize that no one has ever proven the Bible to be in error?\u00a0 Many have claimed to have found error, but later have been forced to admit their own error by new evidence.\u00a0 Archeology is unearthing much new evidence that sheds light on Biblical texts.\u00a0 It has been said that no archeological find has ever proven an error exists in Scripture, but many times they have proven that those claiming a supposed error were the ones in the wrong.<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Avail yourself of an \u201cintellectual icebox.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is fine\u2014even a mark of integrity\u2014to admit when we do not understand something in Scripture.\u00a0 We should concede that there are \u201cdifficulties\u201d in the Bible.\u00a0 That is the time to place the difficulty in an \u201cintellectual icebox\u201d where we hold it while we await further evidence for the resolution of the difficulty.\u00a0 Always leave room for God to provide more evidence concerning a difficult passage.<\/p>\n

Having reached the end of our journey, what shall we say by way of summary?\u00a0 When others raise what they label as an error in Scripture, we need to realize that all that is demanded of us is the ability to put forward a possible, rational conclusion to the difficulty.\u00a0 We are not obligated to prove a possible interpretation is the <\/em>right interpretation.\u00a0 Our task is simply to demonstrate that there is a reasonable solution to the difficulty raised.\u00a0 Since Scripture has proven trustworthy for thousands of years we should declare it innocent until proven guilty of error.\u00a0 Being made up of sixty-six books, having been written over a span of 1,600 years, on three different continents, in three different languages, by more than forty authors, the miracle is that the Bible has such a cohesive, sound text that espouses one singular theme!<\/p>\n

Let us remember the burden lies with the accuser of Scripture.\u00a0 They must prove the error they claim exists.\u00a0 Let us never forget that ultimately the real struggle with Scripture is a moral one (John 7:17).\u00a0 Mark Twain reportedly said, \u201cIt ain\u2019t those parts of the Bible that I can\u2019t understand that bother me, it\u2019s the parts that I do understand\u201d!<\/p>\n

Update: You may find the entire text of this series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Realize that no one has ever proven a contradiction. Do you realize that no one has ever proven the Bible to be in error?\u00a0 Many have claimed to have found error, but later have been forced to admit their own error by new evidence.\u00a0 Archeology is unearthing much new evidence that sheds light on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hermenutics","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgYGxX-5x","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}