by Andy Roland | Feb 8, 2018 | Bible, Jesus
CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? – THE GOSPEL OF LUKE There are five crucial questions when we consider how trustworthy the gospel of Luke is: 1 Who wrote it? 2 How near to the events was it written? 3 Does the author intend to be truthful? 4 Is he actually truthful or...
by Andy Roland | Feb 1, 2018 | Bible, Jesus
CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? There are five crucial questions when we consider how reliable any historical document is, and whatever else the Bible is, it does claim to give historical data. With what justification? Here are the questions we need to ask: 1 Who wrote it? ...
by Andy Roland | Jan 25, 2018 | Bible, Jesus
ANDY’S BIBLE BLOG CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? There are five crucial questions when we consider how reliable any historical document is, and whatever else the Bible is, it does claim to give historical data. With what justification? Here are the questions we need to ask:...
by Andy Roland | Dec 23, 2017 | Christmas, Jesus
We all know the Christmas story. It was in the middle of winter when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem on a donkey, because of an empire-wide census. They were told to have the baby in a stable by a kind/unkind innkeeper. The shepherds followed a star to the place...
by Andy Roland | Dec 18, 2017 | Bible
CAN WE TRUST THE BIBLE? AND IS THIS THE RIGHT QUESTION? Can we trust the Bible? It seems a fairly straightforward question. After all, Christians claim that the Bible is the Word of God, so it should be reliable. If it is not reliable, then maybe it is not the Word...
by Rev Andy | May 25, 2017 | Bible
Linda and I have just come back from a blissful couple of weeks on Thassos, a large Greek island north of Thessalonika. It was like stepping into a different world. Shopping for food meant a 20 minute walk through olive groves to a medium-sized supermarket, where we...
