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neuma - reason and faith (interlude) lyrics

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[neuma]
we are talking about matters of faith. but i think there’s a mistaken notion of what that word faith means. in that people today–and they’ve been helped very much by popular authors and the media–to think that faith is the opposite of reason and that faith and reason can’t fit together. whereas i don’t think that’s an accurate picture of the kind of faith that the bible asks us to have

the bible doesn’t just command us to believe just ‘because.’ it commands us to believe on the basis of certain facts. certain facts such as: believe that jesus is the son of god because he was raised from the dead, which validates all that he was and all that he said

and so, when the gospels are written john says, “they’re written so that you may believe that jesus is the son of god and that you may have life in his name.”

[daina anderson]
you’re talking about faith and reason and saying that they can, almost, coexist. is that what you’re saying? or, are you saying that they have to be separate?

[neuma]
no, i think that they’re complementary. they overlap. not to say that they’re the same thing, but they overlap. and i think that faith can be reasonable

for instance, if you take the resurrection. the claim of the bible is not just that this is an idea, this is just a theory that you need to believe because you’re a christian. but actually this is a real event that took place in sp-ce and time. it’s an historical event

luke, for instance, when he writes his gospel, he says, “i’ve gone out and i’ve spoken to eyewitnesses so that you can sure about all the things that you’re hearing.”

1st corinthians 15, the apostle paul talks about the resurrection. he says, “if the resurrection didn’t happen–like a real event, real historical event. if it didn’t happen then all of this is for nothing because there’s no new life. there’s no hope for the future.” and so it’s vitally important that we look into resurrection as an actual event

one of the most incredible things is, when you begin to look into what is the historical evidence for the resurrection, it is amazing what you find



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