Today’s our final day looking at how the Bible was put together. Over the past two days, we’ve seen how the texts that make up the New Testament were simply the writing down of the existing authoritative teaching of Jesus and his apostles. Lists were drawn up after-the-fact (in subsequent centuries) not because a canon didn’t already exist in… Continue reading How did the Bible get put together? Part Five

We’re continuing our series in how the Bible came about. Yesterday, we saw that the New Testament books are simply the writing down of the church’s existing authoritative teaching: the words, deeds, death, and resurrection of Jesus – and their theological interpretation – compiled in the Gospels and applied to God’s people in the epistles. (You… Continue reading How did the Bible get put together? Part Four

We’re continuing our series in how the Bible came about. Over the past two days we’ve looked at the formation of the Old Testament. Today, it’s time to look at the New Testament. But first, let’s recap the story of how the OT came to be. It began with a core of teaching – teaching about God’s… Continue reading How did the Bible get put together? Part Three

We’re continuing our series in how the Bible came about. Yesterday, we looked at the story of how the Old Testament canon was formed. Today, we ask the question: why is the Old Testament canonical for Christians? Why is the Old Testament canonical for Christians? So far, this has just been a history lesson. Hopefully interesting history.… Continue reading How did the Bible get put together? Part Two

Tim begins a new series this week. And thanks, Sheree, for the last two weeks in the book of Acts! This week will be a little different from normal. Instead of studying a text from the Bible, we’re going to learn about the Bible. Looking at the question: How did the Bible get put together? That is, how did… Continue reading How did the Bible get put together? Part One