Difficulties in the Bible: Alleged Errors and Contradictions
Overview
This book is R. A. Torrey’s classic look at some of the best known Bible difficulties. Torrey does not attempt to take up in detail every conceivable difficulty that could be found in the Bible. It would take many volumes to do that. Rather, he simply takes up those objections, two dozen in all, of which the modern unbeliever makes the most, and which are most puzzling to many Christians. These explanations have been of help to many over a period of several decades.
Top Highlights
“The fourth thing to be said about the difficulties in the Bible is: the fact that you cannot solve a difficulty does not prove it cannot be solved, and the fact that you cannot answer an objection does not prove at all that it cannot be answered.” (source)
“The third thing to be said about the difficulties in the Bible is that there are many more, and much greater, difficulties in the way of the doctrine that holds the Bible to be of human origin, and hence fallible, than there are in the way of the doctrine that holds the Bible to be of divine origin, and hence infallible.” (source)
“The seventh thing to be said about the difficulties in the Bible is that they rapidly disappear upon careful and prayerful study.” (source)
“The sixth thing to be said about the difficulties in the Bible is that they have far more weight with superficial readers than with profound students.” (source)
“The fifth thing to be said about the difficulties in the Bible is that the seeming defects of the Book are exceedingly insignificant when put in comparison with its many and marvelous excellencies.” (source)
Reviews
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Glenn Crouch
1/1/2014
I realise this book was written over a Century ago so perhaps I underestimated how much I would enjoy it :) Whilst Torrey's style probably wouldn't be that appropriate in the 21st Century, I found him very easy to read. I was quite surprised on how many "solutions" I agreed with him about - though I find his "TeeTotaller" views strongly influence his views on Alcohol use in Scripture. Also I didn't find his argument for Jesus being crucified on Wednesday as convincing as he seems to. I would not encourage this as the place to start for Apologetics but a good source to compare your current Apologetics with. Plus a good insight to the thoughts of American Evangelicalism at the start of the 20th Century :)