Re: Hello! I'm the host, Richard Amiel McGough
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2026 12:48 pm
That's great news Lars. I really look forward to the insights you can share. This is a TEAM EFFORT - the body of Christ edifying itself in love until we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:Lars wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 10:40 amHappy to, will do! For now--his main thesis is that it is *rational* for Christians to believe in the canon (i.e., for people who believe that the Gospel is true), and that the canon is *self-authenticating* for Christians via three (interrelated) methods: external/historical testimony, internal testimony, and the work of the Holy Spirit. I love how he applies John 10:27 to the canon: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me."RAMcGough wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 6:56 am Thanks for the link! I have many books on the structure of the canon. It was one of my main focuses because of the Bible Wheel.
Unfortunately, I've got so much work to do I probably won't be able to dig into it right now. If you'd like to share what you've seen in it and why it moved you, please start a thread on that topic. It would be awesome!
In other words, he makes the case that it is actually possible to have a divine canon in the first place, which is one of the fundamental things that has been attacked over the last 200 years.
Ephesians 5:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.