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Bible & Church Conference
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Friday Evening, 20th August
7:30-9:00 pm
The historical basis of the Christian faith
This session will show how Christian faith has to be rooted in specific historical facts in the Old and New Testaments. That’s why Christians have a message about the real world.
Refreshments served after the session
Saturday Morning, 21st August
Currently the Bible is under attack in many ways from sceptics, but at the same time many Christians also have their own doubts and questions about the Bible. These two sessions will look at some of the toughest questions that are asked about the Bible and equip Christians to deal with them: Doesn’t the Old Testament support genocide and slavery? Who decided which books to put in the Bible? Have books been missed out? Can we know that we have the text that the authors wrote, or could it have changed? One session will address the most common attacks on the Old Testament and a second, the attacks on the New Testament.
10:00-11:00am
Responding to contemporary attacks on the Old Testament
(Question & Answer period following talk)
11:00-11:30am - Coffee Break
11:30am-1:00pm
Responding to contemporary attacks on the New Testament
(Question & Answer period following talk)
Saturday Evening, 21st August
7:30-9:00pm
Evangelistic Event - Can we trust the Gospels?
Are there reasons for complete sceptics to take the Gospels seriously? This session, directed towards people of any faith or no faith, will argue that there are good reasons to believe that the Gospels give us eyewitness testimony to Jesus.
Refreshments served after the session
Booking
There is no charge for this event, but please complete the Booking Form to book your place, or telephone Deeside Christian Fellowship on 01224 733979.
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Tyndale House |
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Deeside Christian Fellowship |
Speaker
Dr Peter Williams was educated at Cambridge University, where he received his MA, MPhil and PhD in the study of ancient languages related to the Bible.
He has been on the staff in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, taught Hebrew and Old Testament, was Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Deputy Head of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at Aberdeen University from 2003-2007.
In July 2007, he became Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge.
Tyndale House
Set amid the buildings of the University of Cambridge, Tyndale House is a Christian community dedicated to researching all the primary evidence relevant to the study of the Bible. It possesses one of the finest libraries for biblical research in the world, packed with specialist material on the language, culture, history, and meaning of the Bible. It also has facilities for medium and long-term accommodation.
The House enjoys close links with the University of Cambridge and many postgraduates, church leaders, and visiting scholars have found it an ideal setting for their own study.
The scholars and publications that have come from Tyndale House since its founding in 1944 have had a worldwide impact, and all major modern Protestant Bible translations have benefited significantly from the input of scholars associated with the House.