Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Andrew Wilson, Unbreakable: What The Son of God Said About The Word of God

Some very brief study questions / notes / passages to discuss for our book group:


What’s the basic idea of the book? Where does it start?



Do you find that a convincing approach? Why?



Did anything strike you about the summary of the Bible’s story pp11-14?



How would you sum up Jesus’ attitude to the Bible?

Could you go into any detail or give any examples?



Temptation narrative – Jesus uses the bible as the final, authoritative court of appeal – Mt 4:4, 7, 10 p17

God’s word enough, coherent, authoritative



David speaking by the Holy Spirit – Mt 22:41-46 – v43; Mk 12:35-37 – inspiration



Human writers like different musical instruments



2 Pt 1:21



2 Tim 3:16



John 10:22-39 – you are gods – Scripture cannot be broken



Matthew 5:17-19



How should we react when the bible seems broken? p25



The coherence of Scripture - Marriage at the resurrection - Mk 12:18-27 quoting Ex 3



Prov 26:4-5 – answering a fool according to his folly



What is the central message of the Scriptures? Lk 24:13-35



Jesus the new Adam, Eve etc. p32ff – the deep coherent artistry of Scripture a strong case for its inspiration



Canon – how do we know what books ought to be in the Bible? Ch 6 – p35ff



See p37 and fn 21 p73, Jesus gave his own teaching an authority equal to Scripture



The New Testament as from the Apostolic circle



Is the Bible clear? Ch 8 p44ff



The sufficiency of scripture – Lk 16:19-31, parable of Lazarus and the rich man



2 Tim 3:16f



The point of the Scriptures – Jn 5:39-40



Do you find the 5 principles of interpretation given in the epilogue helpful? p63f

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