Understanding Biblical Evidence
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Contents[edit]
The Bible and the Bahá’í Faith
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- The purpose of this book
- The three basic principles
- Emphasizing areas of agreement
- Listening to Christians and learning their point of view
- Adapting our terminology and presentation to our audience
- A brief outline of this manual
- Chapter 2. Reasoning from Scripture
- The importance of knowing the Bible
- The importance of adapting our presentation to our audience
- A method found in the Kitáb-i-Íqán
- The limitations of the method of Preparing for a Bahá’í/Christian Dialogue
- Chapter 3. Mutual Acceptance
- The reliability of the Bible
- The Bible as the Word of God
- Bahá’u’lláh’s defense of the Bible
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s view of the Bible
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s interpretation of the Qur’ánic view of the Bible
- The meaning of the word ‘Gospel’
- Using the Bible in Bahá’í/Christian dialogues
- Chapter 4. Common Criteria
- The basis of our beliefs
- Human versus divine standards
- Specific criteria from the Bible
- Relying on the Bible
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Methods and Materials
- Materials we will need
- Making topical outlines of biblical themes
- The effectiveness of memorization
- Aids to studying the Bible and Christianity
- Suggestions for effective Bible study
- Chapter 6. Dialogues
- Establishing bonds of friendship
- Dialogue One: The ineffectiveness of a non-biblical approach
- Dialogue Two: Missing a good opportunity through lack of evidence
- Dialogue Three: The advantage of staying with the Scriptures
Understanding the Scripture
- Chapter 7. Interpreting Scripture
- Discerning the spiritual meaning of Scripture
- The twofold language
- The purpose of symbolic language
- Prerequisites for understanding Scripture
- The key that unlocks the symbolic message of the Scriptures
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Responding to Arguments for Literal Interpretation
- The Christian argument for the literal interpretation of the Bible
- Responding to Christian argument
- Literalism and the words of Jesus
- Saint Paul’s allegorical interpretations
- How some literalists grapple with Paul
- The role of contemporary science and reason
- Interpretation is a complex issue
- Biblical References
Proofs
- Chapter 9. How to Demonstrate that Bahá’u’lláh is a Manifestation of God
- The proof of Bahá’u’lláh’s claims
- The importance of providing evidence
- Definitions of the terms ‘Manifestation’ and ‘Prophet’
- The principle that all things are known by their qualities
- Chapter 10. Identifying and Examining the Evidence
- Identifying the evidence
- Avoiding circular reasoning
- Examining the evidence
- How the Prophets manifest God’s love
- How the Prophets manifest God’s power and sovereignty
- Forgiveness and other attributes of God
- A distinction between great people and Prophets
- The limitation of human perception
- The biblical basis for the Bahá’í concept of evidence
- Chapter 11. Presenting the Evidence
- How Saint Paul made known the divine qualities of Christ
- How ‘Abdu’l-Bahá made known the divine qualities of Bahá’u’lláh
- The importance of our personal experience when presenting the proofs of Bahá’u’lláh
- Chapter 12. Some Problems and Questions
- Being prepared for possible obstacles
- Questions and answers
- Questions concerning prophecies
- Questions concerning miracles
- Questions concerning doctrines
- Biblical References
Progressive Revelation
- Chapter 13. The Essential Unity of the Prophets
- Religion is progressive
- A response to the Christian argument that progressive revelation demotes the station of Christ
- The Christian argument that all the Prophets except Jesus sinned
- A response to the argument that Adam sinned
- A response to the argument that Abraham sinned
- A response to the argument that Moses sinned
- Summary
- Religion is progressive
- Chapter 14. Suggestions for Discussing Progressive Revelation with Christians
- How to adapt the Bahá’í concept of progressive revelation to Christian audiences
- Biblical analogies for demonstrating that the world’s religions are not irreconcilably different
- Biblical references
- Suggested books for further reading
Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Summary and Conclusion
- A brief summary
- Important points that will refine our presentation skills
