Revelation

Mark Driscoll of the Mars Hill Church in Seattle is preaching a series of sermons on "Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe." The second sermon is "Revelation: God Speaks":

...The big idea, building off the first week’s sermon on the Trinity, is that God communicates. For example, we read, “God said” ten times in Genesis 1 alone. For further reading on the topic of revelation, I have two new books coming out this summer: On the Old Testament and On the New Testament. Each is short enough to be read in about an hour.

No one is born with a clear comprehension of who God is. So, in an effort to know about God, various philosophers and religious leaders have presented their speculations about God with seemingly endless and contradictory declarations.

God has chosen to lift the fog of human speculation with divine revelation. Whereas speculation is the human attempt to comprehend God, revelation is God’s communication to humanity with clarity that is otherwise impossible. The object of that revelation is the sixty-six books of Scripture. .... [more]

Driscoll provides a useful bibliography for further reading about the Scriptures:

For Further Reading on Bible Translations

• “Pastoral Reflections on Bible Translations” by Mark Driscoll
• The Indestructible Book by W. Kenneth Connolly
• The Word of God in English by Leland Ryken
• Choosing a Bible by Leland Ryken
• The Bible in Translation by Bruce M. Metzger
• How We Got the Bible by John H. Sailhamer
• A General Introduction to the Bible by Norman L. Geisler and William E. Nix

For Further Reading on How to Study Scripture

• Reading the Bible With Heart and Mind by Tremper Longman III
• Getting the Message by Daniel M. Doriani
• On the Old Testament by Mark Driscoll
• On the New Testament by Mark Driscoll

For Further Reading on Apparent Bible Contradictions

• When Critics Ask by Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe

For Further Reading on Miscellaneous Bible Issues

• The Origin of the Bible, edited by Philip Comfort, is a good introduction to the authority and perfection of Scripture from a team of theologians.
• Christ and the Bible, by John Wenham, is a very helpful survey of how Jesus Christ viewed the Old Testament.
• The Canon of Scripture, by F. F. Bruce, is a thorough book on how the sixty-six books of the Protestant canon came to be.
• The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, by F. F. Bruce, is a good survey of the accuracy and credibility of the New Testament.
• The Indestructible Book, by W. Kenneth Connolly, is a fascinating historical look at how the Scriptures have been both opposed and adored over the ages.

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