Truth

A quick addendum to yesterday's post...Was reading on a site called ChinaAid about a Christian in prison in that country - pretext for his arrest? Terrorism! Again!

In any case, have been thinking about the Bible study I will do with Alicia and her friends tomorrow night, and have decided to deal with Bible study itself - why is it important. This is how I will start. I am going to have them close their eyes and will turn out the lights..(and meditate? Not on your life!)...Will then say "We are blind people in a dark room. The fundamental fact of existence is God, but in terms of us and our knowing God, THAT - our blindness in darkness - is the fundamental fact. This leads inevitably to a certain view of Scripture. Think about it"....I will then light a match, ask what theology that implies, a flashlight and what it implies, finally switch lights on again and ask about that.. How I want them to see that EVERYTHING in Christian life- and especially in this case, truth- is external, extrinsic, alien, foreign, borrowed. If they "get" that firmly, nothing much can ever challenge a secure biblical faith. And it all rests on that devastating view of human nature the Bible so clearly portrays...As Wylie says in the History of Protestantism, that - not the five solas - is the heart of Protestantism. The "solas" flow necessarily out of it! May God grant me success in portraying this convincingly to them. May he give them ears to hear at the deepest level possible...Later in the week, I will outline the rest of what I want to present...