Thursday, March 19, 2015

Knowledge Must be Accompanied by Faith—part 2


Knowledge Must be Accompanied by Faith—part 2
            I can understand a Jewish historian not having faith in the veracity of the New Testament, but I do not understand why a writer of at least thirteen books on music and religion would bother to spend a lifetime writing about the Hebrew Bible when he does not consider it to be an accurate historical record let alone the a text which was hovered over (God breathed) and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
            Certainly his lack of trust that the Hebrew Bible is an accurate historical record by saying that is a biased document which is full of myths bespeaks of an author who is devoid of personal faith in God. Actually Friedmann never mentioned any kind of personal faith in God in either of the aforementioned books. The logical end of Bible study is understanding, respect and trust in what it teaches.  I would think that an author who does not have personal faith in the God who hovered over His Word would find something more productive to do than spend his time writing about musicing unto the God that he does not love, respect and trust.

 

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