Wrap-up from Sept. 27, 2009

One goal toward which I wish to strive this year in our class is to be less predictable.  To this end, expect the unexpected.  No - not in the matters of our non-negotiable commitment to Scripture and to Christ and his kingdom.  However, the means we use to learn about them can be varied and creative, even as the Scripture itself demonstrates.

Rather then post a discussion question for our forum, I want us to take up again the issue of the authority of the Scripture.  One of our small groups spent some time thinking about the attacks on the reliability of the New Testament documents by certain unnamed prominent persons (see a prior post), and thankfully seemed quite unshaken by the wag-tongues.  Let us spin the positive direction now.

Few people of history have championed the authority of Scripture more forcefully and influentially than John Calvin, whose birth occurred a half-century ago this year.  Here is an excellent presentation of the crux of Calvin's high view of Scripture.  The speaker is Doug Wilson, a person you should know as one of the leading thinkers of the church (those words do fit in the same sentence).  If you listen to this challenging address, you can forego any blogging this week.  (You have proven that you can forego blogging without any excuse, as well.)