Biblical Controversies

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
- Bruce Lee

Biblical Controversies

Scripture tells us the Greatest Commandment is to "love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." Given the massive amount of knowledge available today, loving God with our our minds presents a challenge.

Is faith reasonable or irrational? Are there compelling reason to believe? Is good science proving or disproving the Bible? Is Biblical prophecy Divinely accurate? If God's word is authentic, what of the Scriptural controversies that seem to contradict logic? GodBlog is grateful for the contributions being made by honest Christian researchers. Our special thanks to Reasons to Believe and their informative website Reasons.org to which we have provided various links.

Give all your worries and cares to If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

- James 1:5 NIV

Growing up we were all told that the only bad question is one never asked. Yet somewhere along the way most Christians became weary that questions about God or the Bible were out of bounds. Sometimes they seem disrespectful. Other times we fear our faith will appear foolish, particularly when judged in the light of modern science and understanding.

Yet it is both reasonable and necessary to take a hard look at what we believe for several reasons.

1. To be sure we are accurately interpreting Scripture.

2. "Test all things; hold fast what is good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21 NKJV

3. "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 GW

4. "Quietly trust yourself to Christ your Lord, and if anybody asks why you believe as you do, be ready to tell him, and do it in a gentle and respectful way." 1 Peter 3:15 TLB

This being said, it's also important to admit we have much to learn. Even the Apostle Paul, the most prolific New Testament author with all his amazing revelations and insights made this clear:

"Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture...Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely." 1 Corinthians 13:9-12

Here we have apostolic teaching that we can be firm, fair, factual and friendly without thinking and speaking like we know it all. In fact, some translations of this verse suggest Paul was unimpressed with even the preaching of the most gifted:

"Now we know so little, even with our special gifts, and the preaching of those most gifted is still so poor. But when we have been made perfect and complete, then the need for these inadequate special gifts will come to an end, and they will disappear. There are three things that remain -- faith, hope and love -- and the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Within the framework of genuine honest exploration we are free to inquire and learn all we can about our Designer and His design. Understanding God as our Creator and Savior is fundamental to our happiness and wellbeing. Here and in eternity. To best accomplish such a lofty goal we'll need to stay open to and pursue all the very best knowledge and wisdom that science and Scripture can provide.

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