A sermon by Stuart Pearson at St Tom’s Big Weekend 13. This is the last in a series of four talks on the topic of 'Tough Questions for Dummies'.
This talk is entitled 'Answering Tough Questions (continued)' and was delivered on the 8th of September 2013.
Outline:
- Can I trust the New Testament documents?
- Assumption 1: They are biased, but not distorted
- Assumption 2: They are historically suspect
- Assumption 3: They haven't been transmitted accurately
- The Qur'an and the Bible
- Islam is in the line of Judaism and Christianity
- The Bible is God's revelation
- The Qur'an and Christians
- The Qur'an and the Bible
- Dealing with the barriers: Christian doctrine
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead - Evidence 1: The tomb was empty
- Evidence 2: Women were the first witnesses
- Evidence 3: Similarities and differences in accounts
- Evidence 4: The disciples' transformation
- Dealing with the barriers: Personal barriers