Post by RayW on Mar 30, 2013 5:40:53 GMT -8
Post your answers to the following questions here:
1. Further discuss what the Church should do if we were to find Paul’s real first letter to the Corinthians. Would you include it in your Bible? Why or why not.
2. The canon was defined as in class as being “closed” only to the degree that God is no longer adding to it through verified writings. Do you think that it is possible for God to add to the canon? If so, in what sense is it really “closed”? Discuss.
3. It must also be understood that Scripture is not an exhaustive history book. It is a collection of books that record soteriological history (the history of the fall and redemption) and an “instruction book” on how to live as God intended. Read 2 Tim. 3:15-17 and discuss how this is true.
4. Now read Heb. 1:1-1 and discuss how this passage might lead us to the seemingly assured yet somewhat tentative conclusion that there is probably not going to be any more Scripture added to the canon as we know it.
5. If someone were to say that they wrote a book that is inspired by God and that should be added to the Bible, how should you respond?
6. How did the lesson challenge your view of the canonical status of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books? Do you think that they should be part of the Bible? Are you willing to die for your answer? Discuss.
7. How has this lesson most challenged your thinking?
1. Further discuss what the Church should do if we were to find Paul’s real first letter to the Corinthians. Would you include it in your Bible? Why or why not.
2. The canon was defined as in class as being “closed” only to the degree that God is no longer adding to it through verified writings. Do you think that it is possible for God to add to the canon? If so, in what sense is it really “closed”? Discuss.
3. It must also be understood that Scripture is not an exhaustive history book. It is a collection of books that record soteriological history (the history of the fall and redemption) and an “instruction book” on how to live as God intended. Read 2 Tim. 3:15-17 and discuss how this is true.
4. Now read Heb. 1:1-1 and discuss how this passage might lead us to the seemingly assured yet somewhat tentative conclusion that there is probably not going to be any more Scripture added to the canon as we know it.
5. If someone were to say that they wrote a book that is inspired by God and that should be added to the Bible, how should you respond?
6. How did the lesson challenge your view of the canonical status of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books? Do you think that they should be part of the Bible? Are you willing to die for your answer? Discuss.
7. How has this lesson most challenged your thinking?