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What Is the Gospel of the Kingdom? |
by Scott Ashley
Many people have opinions about what the Bible says. Look around and you’ll find plenty of them.
The question, though, is whether those opinions are simply that—opinions—or are timeless truths based on sound, objective study of the Scriptures.
A primary purpose of The Good News is to present biblical teachings in an unbiased, unvarnished way. We continually focus on the context of scriptures, concentrating on what the original writers of the Bible meant when they wrote in their day rather than relying on the opinions of later authors and theologians 2,000 years and several cultures removed from the original.
We try to put ourselves in the shoes of the brave and faithful individuals who wrote the biblical books and inspired letters God preserved for us. Only then can we properly understand what the Scriptures really mean. (That’s not to say that the Bible doesn’t apply to every age and culture. Another continu ing focus of The Good News is to show that the Bible is perpetually up to date, a timeless guide to the problems that confront us.)
At times the views we present aren’t popular. This was certainly true of the biblical authors as well. As the writer of a letter published in this issue tells us: “Some of your teachings are good, others are controversial.” He takes us to task on what we’ve written about one popular doctrine. We’re glad he does. We don’t ask readers to believe us without proof. We urge them to look into the pages of their Bibles to see whether what we say is true.
In the last issue we wrapped up one of our longest-running series, “The Bible and Archaeology.” For five years we’ve gone through the Bible book by book to show that archaeological finds have illuminated the biblical record, confirming its startling historical accuracy while increasing our understanding of the background of the times in which its authors wrote. (Interested readers can review earlier articles in the series in our back issues on the Web at www. gnmagazine.org. Rest assured that we’ll run similar articles on archaeology and the Bible in the future. We already have several planned.)
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