Should We Take the Bible Literally?

John 17:17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Bible is our true and trustworthy guide.

OUTLINE:
1) Should We Read The Bible Literally?
2) Can We Be Confident That The Bible Is True?
3) What Difference Does All This Make?

RESOURCES: ESV Study BibleThe Thrill of Orthodoxy: Rediscovering the Adventure of Christian Faith by Trevin Wax; Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: John by Edward Klink III; Why Trust the Bible? by Greg Gilbert; Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tracelli; Fulfilled Prophecy Demonstrates the Divine Inspiration of Scripture by Steve Lawson; Literalism: Isn’t the Bible Historically Unreliable and Regressive? by Timothy Keller; Sanctified in Truth! by Steve Lawson; A Peculiar Glory by John Piper