Re: have we forgotten who the enemy is?

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:05:31 -0500, George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Blinne" <rich.blinne@gmail.com>
> To: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
> Cc: "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: have we forgotten who the enemy is?
>
> ..............................
> > It's sad, Glenn, that people just don't get it. Our goal is defending
> > the Bible.
> .............................
>
> Part of the problem is that too many Christian apologists see their primary
> goal as "defending the Bible." It ought to be defending the Christian
> faith - including belief that the God revealed in Jesus Christ is the
> creator. This is not to deny the crucial role that the Bible must play in
> that work or that truth claims have to be made for scripture. But one can
> "defend the Bible" without a clear understanding of what its purpose is, and
> thus get into all kinds of muddles about how to read it.

My comments about defending the Bible are in the context above. It is
the central message of the Bible, Jesus Christ, that makes it worth
defending. My point was we shared the same goal of defending the Bible
but not as end in and of itself which you rightly note is misguided.
Received on Fri Feb 18 16:41:16 2005