February 1997 | thebereancall.org

February 1997

Question: Jesus says that one day He will say to certain people, “I never knew you.” Doesn’t this alone prove that Jesus isn’t God? How could God, who knows everything, possibly say He never knew someone? Response: Obviously, Jesus isn’t referring to general knowledge about someone, but a special knowing...Read more
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Question: The enclosed article by John H. Coe from R.C. Sproul’s Ligonier Ministries’ Tabletalk doesn’t ring true to me. It blatantly states that the Bible “alone is insufficient” and elevates what it calls “natural revelation” to the level of Scripture. That contradicts my understanding of the Bible. Could you comment...Read more
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Question [composite of several]: In your December article you stepped out beyond your depth by dealing with a subject on which you are not an expert. I suggest that you stick to the exposition of Scripture and avoid areas peripheral to the purpose of The Berean Call. There are people...Read more
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Question: I heard you on “Janet Parshall’s America.” Your preachments are at great variance with the facts. The Bible was written by and about Jews. It follows that it can thus only have a Jewish perspective....Why don’t you go on her program with a Jewish authentic authority and discuss their...Read more
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Question [greatly condensed composite of several]: I was distressed by your endorsement in your September 1996 newsletter of the secret codes in the Torah. True believers don’t need this and unbelievers are not necessarily convinced. Only Genesis seems to contain them; why not the rest of the Bible? Rabbis promoting...Read more
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Early in the 19th century, the French Academy of Sciences declared that the Bible was wrong on at least 85 points. They said they had proofs! Today, every one of those 85 alleged mistakes has been clarified [the Bible was right, science wrong], partly because science has changed for the...Read more
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Most non-Catholics were surprised when Pope John Paul II, in a paper to the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences October 23, 1996, spoke in favor of evolution. But in fact, he only reiterated Catholicism 's official position. Consider these excerpts: In his Encyclical Humani generis (1950), my predecessor Pius XII...Read more
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