The Bible; Its Origin, Its Significance, and Its Abiding Worth (Classic Reprint) Book

Our theme is the Bihle arid we best approach it through a description and estimate of the attitude of our own age towards it. But since the Christian religion and its sacred books arc so vitally connected that the influences which affect the one inevitably act upon the other, we must touch upon the general religious situation in which the attitude to the Bible is but part of a larger whole, and consider by what methods and in what temper we ought to handle it. It is probably not seriously questioned that there is a very widespread indifference to religion and not a little alienation from all forms of organized Christianity.One of the most ominous signs in the life of the Churches at the present time is the i£rnoranoe_of Scripture which meets us on every hand. The causes for this are probably not difficult to discover. In the first place, there is the great change which has come over our social conditions. The pressure of business and professional life has made daily family worship exTable of Contents The argument from experience is strong, but we must not press it to an illegitimate extent or forget that the Christian consciousness is the product of many factors ¿ f4; The argument from results is also strong, but other causes, it will be said, may produce similar results, and what of the evil fruits ? 16; II the truth of Christianity is staked on tbc authority oi the Bible, this authority needs to be proved, and even then, what is the true interpretation of Scripture ? 17; Something more fundamental is needed by many mirds 18; The apologist must be frank, discriminating, scrupulous,; sympathetic, conciliatory, and courageous 19; Inquiry must be unflinching, sincerely unpledged as to conclusions, and conducted with a clear sense of the distinction between the essential and the accidental 20; The right presentation of the truth is often its most effective defence, since a caricature is frequentRead More