From Gospel to Gospel to Canon

Inspiration, Authority and Interpretation in the New Testament

De: Dr. David Williams

Narrado por: Dr. David Williams

The New Testament is the second major division of the Bible, the Word of God. It deals primarily with the spread of Christianity around the world. How did this part of the Bible come to be written and how should we interpret it?

Dr. David Williams, associate professor and chair of the Department of Theology at Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte, North Carolina, explores these questions, and many like them. In this multi-disc presentation he addresses these particular questions most especially by looking at the origins of the New Testament texts, their reception as Scripture in the ancient church, and our recognition of them as the inspired Word of God. Dr. Williams takes a passionate approach to answering these questions of inspiration and authority that gives his listeners a deeper appreciation of the inspired Word of God.

In this brilliant expose, which takes place within a summer bible institute, Dr. Williams provides a rich amount of information for all serious biblical students and learners. Dr. David Williams holds doctorates in political science and theology from Boston College.

©2015 David Williams (P)2015 Pious Society of St. Paul

Not worth the time

If you're a theist you probable won't find anything objectionable in this series of lectures.

As a skeptic, I'm interested in the history and development of Christianity in the first few centuries.

Dr. Williams repeatedly makes assertions based on faith. To his credit, he's very open and honest about basing his beliefs on faith. For example, all the books of the New Testament are there not because men put them together, but because God inspired them to put it together that way. Early Christian writings that were excluded from the NT similarly are left out because God willed it.
This approach is fine (I suppose) from a theological view, but if you're just going to assert "God did it" you never explore the world that gave birth to early Christianity and it's writings.