Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey
With Pastor Charles Areson
Today's reading is Luke 1-4
The beginning of Luke explains the reason for this book. Those others had begun writing down an account of what Jesus did and say the unnamed author (most Scholars and the early church believed it was Luke) says he thought he needed to do the same. He not being an eyewitness says he has made a thorough investigation of everything from the beginning for a man named Theophilus.
This statement shows that Luke didn't just throw this together but did due diligence in researching the truth of what he wrote. This is important for Christianity because we believe that our faith is rooted in historical facts. Paul himself claims in 1 Corinthians 15:14 that if Jesus didn't really rise from the dead our faith is in vain. I won't go into detail here but we do have a Faith rooted not in mysticism but in Historical facts.
NOTE: Lee Strobel The Case for Christ, CS Lewis Mere Christianity, and most anything written by Ravi Zacharias are great resources to learn about the historicity of Christianity. However, there is a lot more besides.
The beginning of Luke explains the reason for this book. Those others had begun writing down an account of what Jesus did and say the unnamed author (most Scholars and the early church believed it was Luke) says he thought he needed to do the same. He not being an eyewitness says he has made a thorough investigation of everything from the beginning for a man named Theophilus.
This statement shows that Luke didn't just throw this together but did due diligence in researching the truth of what he wrote. This is important for Christianity because we believe that our faith is rooted in historical facts. Paul himself claims in 1 Corinthians 15:14 that if Jesus didn't really rise from the dead our faith is in vain. I won't go into detail here but we do have a Faith rooted not in mysticism but in Historical facts.
NOTE: Lee Strobel The Case for Christ, CS Lewis Mere Christianity, and most anything written by Ravi Zacharias are great resources to learn about the historicity of Christianity. However, there is a lot more besides.
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