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In short, there are no contradictions, errors, or mistakes in the Bible, but there are Bible difficulties. Basically, Bible Difficulties are difficulties that arise because the Bible was written in Hebrew, some Aramaic, and Greek over 1,600 years by some forty+ authors, in dozens of different historical settings that require much Bible background knowledge. This above is not enough to satisfy a doubting or an unbeliever; you need a basic understanding of what they are, how to explain them, how to approach them, procedures in dealing with them, and how you should view them, as well as some examples. – Edward D. Andrews
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856 – 1928) was an American evangelist, Christian Apologist, pastor, educator, and author.
Honestly
Whenever you find a difficulty in the Bible frankly, acknowledge it. Do not try to obscure it. Do not try to dodge it. Look it square in the face. Admit it frankly to whoever mentions it. If you cannot give a good, square, honest explanation, do not attempt any at all. Those, who in their zeal for the infallibility of the Bible have attempted explanations of difficulties that do not commend themselves to the honest, fair-minded man, have done untold harm. People have concluded that if these are the best explanations, then there are really no explanations at all, and the Bible instead of being helped has been injured by the unintelligent zeal of foolish friends. If you are not really convinced that the Bible is the Word of God, you can far better afford to wait for an honest solution of a difficulty than you can afford to attempt a solution that is evasive and unsatisfactory.
Humbly
Recognize the limitations of your own mind and knowledge, and do not for a moment imagine that there is no solution just because you have found none. There is, in all probability, a very simple solution, even when you can find no solution at all.
Determinedly
Make up your mind that you will find the solution if you can by any amount of study and hard thinking. The difficulties of the Bible are our heavenly Father’s challenge to us to set our brains to work. Do not give up searching for a solution because you cannot find it in five minutes or ten minutes. Ponder over it and work over it for days if necessary. The work will be more beneficial than the solution does. There is a solution somewhere, and you will find it if you will only search for it long enough and hard enough.
Fearlessly
Do not be frightened when you find a difficulty, no matter how unanswerable or how insurmountable it appears at first sight. Thousands of men have encountered just such difficulties, and still, the old Book has withstood the test of time, being the bestseller that will never be touched, in the untold billions of copies. The Bible that has stood eighteen centuries of rigid examination, and of incessant and awful assault, is not likely to go down before your discoveries or before the discharges of any modern critical guns. To one who is at all familiar with the history of critical attacks on the Bible, the confidence of those modern critics who think they are going to annihilate the Bible, at last, is simply amusing.
Patiently
Do not be discouraged because you do not solve every problem in a day. If some difficulty persistently defies your very best efforts at a solution, lay it aside for a while. Later it will likely be resolved, and you will wonder how you were ever perplexed by it.
Scripturally
If you find a difficulty in one part of the Bible, look for another scripture to throw light upon it and dissolve it. Nothing explains scripture like scripture. Repeatedly people have come to me with some difficulty in the Bible that had greatly staggered them and asked for a solution. I have been able to give a solution by simply asking them to read some other chapter and verse, and the simple reading of that scripture has thrown such light upon the passage in question that all the mists have disappeared and the truth has shone as clear as day.
Prayerfully
It is simply wonderful how difficulties dissolve when one looks at them on his knees. Not only does God open our eyes in answer to prayer to behold wonderful things out of His law, but He also opens our eyes to look straight through a difficulty that seemed impenetrable before we prayed. One great reason why many modern Bible scholars have learned to be destructive critics is that they have forgotten how to pray.
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So why have so many questions been left unanswered by apologists? Because they are too lazy and don’t want to answer disbelieving peoples questions. We think we know all of the truth and difficult questions don’t need to be answered. This is a disservice to our faith, God and the Lost! If you want answers to difficult questions go to “Come on MAN, Speak English to ME about GOD” facebook page or go to Bob Mead youtube. All are free – just ask for the book in pdf format.
First, if you want to be taken serious: (1) stop with the sarcasm and faigned outrage. (2) Quit misleading people with your commments.
YOU WROTE: why have so many questions been left unanswered by apologists?
RESPONSE: Questions are infinite and likely all questions will ever be answered. However, apologists have answered tens of thousands of questions in the last 2,000 yeas from unbelievers, doubters, Bible critics, and the like. There are literally thousands of books on apologetics or evangelism, not to mention websites since the inception of the internet.
YOU STATED: Because they are too lazy and don’t want to answer disbelieving peoples questions.
RESPONSE: This is just arumentative, misleading, and doing what you accuse Christian apologists of.
KNOW this, I am not going to argue with as beligerant person who has a closed mind and heart, as it would just be a waste of time. If you want to be taken serious, simply tone it down.
Robert Mead. Literally, many thousands of Bible difficulties have been answered by apologists since the apostle John died in 100 C.E. Maybe it is the Bible critic that is too lazy to look or too busy complaining to look.
So why have so many questions been left unanswered by apologists? Because they are too lazy and don’t want to answer disbelieving peoples questions. We think we know all of the truth and difficult questions don’t need to be answered. This is a disservice to our faith, God and the Lost! If you want answers to difficult questions go to “Come on MAN, Speak English to ME about GOD” facebook page or go to Bob Mead youtube. All are free – just ask for the book in pdf format.
You may want to rea the more detailed article.
Bible Difficulties Explained
https://christianpublishinghouse.co/2016/10/15/bible-difficulties-explained/
First, if you want to be taken serious: (1) stop with the sarcasm and faigned outrage. (2) Quit misleading people with your commments.
YOU WROTE: why have so many questions been left unanswered by apologists?
RESPONSE: Questions are infinite and likely all questions will ever be answered. However, apologists have answered tens of thousands of questions in the last 2,000 yeas from unbelievers, doubters, Bible critics, and the like. There are literally thousands of books on apologetics or evangelism, not to mention websites since the inception of the internet.
YOU STATED: Because they are too lazy and don’t want to answer disbelieving peoples questions.
RESPONSE: This is just arumentative, misleading, and doing what you accuse Christian apologists of.
KNOW this, I am not going to argue with as beligerant person who has a closed mind and heart, as it would just be a waste of time. If you want to be taken serious, simply tone it down.
Robert Mead. Literally, many thousands of Bible difficulties have been answered by apologists since the apostle John died in 100 C.E. Maybe it is the Bible critic that is too lazy to look or too busy complaining to look.