Many o f th e ·'p r o bl ems" r ai sed by unb eli ever s cease to b<c pro bl ems at a ll wh e n one u11cl c r stan cls the mat te r a nd is sho ,rn t he ut te r incon s ist ency o f the ir pos it ion s. I t is true that ma ny of the prob lems of the Chri st ia n fa ith ca n n eve r be so h ·e cl t o th e sati sfacti on of t he human r eason. F"o r exampl e. t he int ell ect ua l di ffi culties presen ted by th e doc trin e o f th e t riune Go el r ema in un soh ·ed. J l0 11·cve r, even in thi s case th e Chri s ti a n s tud ent can be s ho wn why it is /I/or,· rcaso11ablc to accep t th is doct rin e by fa it h t han to r ej ect it beca use of the inte llectua l d iffic ulti es . T 1l" O yea r s· ,rn r k in a l3iblc schoo l ll"ill not be s u1fic ic11 t fo r a thor o ugh con s id er a ti o n o f all t he obj ecti o n s ll" hi ch will be r a ise d aga in st Chri sti a nity . Th e s tudent. howe ,·c r , will ha ve e no ug h of an introducti on to t hese p r oblems to be a bl e to go to th e wri t in gs o f o ut st a nding evangel ical schola r s 11"ho haYe been d efen ding th e conscn ·at ive pos iti on aga in st th e ve r y a ttack s no w be in g ma de. Th e lrn o 11·lcdge of wh er e to go fo r he lp in th e fi ndings o f Chri s ti a n scho la r s hi p 11"ill be i111·a lua blc 11·h en o ne is surr o u11cl ecl by th e criti ca l teachin gs pr e1·a lent in most col leges . :\ s nc ,·cr 1,cfore. Chri st ian stud ents in :\m cri ca need to be ab le to obey th e comma nd of Scripture to be " r,•ad_\' 11/na_\'S lo yi·ur 1111s,v,·r lo cvrr_\' 111-a 11 / /J a l as/a //, _\'OIi Cl /'/' CISOJJ co 11- ca11i11y I/Jc /Jof>c I/Jal is i11 _\'OI!. _\'Cl ,,,i ll, 11/C,' irncss a 11 d fear " ( I P ete r 3 :1 5) . T his comma nd is not to he take n as an indi cation t hat a savi ng kn oll" ledge of Gqd can come t hroug h t he human r eason , fo r t he ne 11· bi r t h comes o n ly t hro ug h th e act io n of th e Ho ly S p iri t. =--: e ,·c r t he lc ss . the Sc r ipt ura l comma nd still sta nd s . as fa r a s th e be li cYC 1· is con cc rn ecl . Th e r ea li za t io n t hat h is fa it h can be j ustified. not on ly g ives g r eat comfo rt to th e Chri st ia n, hu t a lso c11a bks him to ha,·c :rn assurance in his tcst imo nv before the wo rl d . T il e resu lt is that ll'J t1 - Chr istia11s . 11"atch i11g hi m, arc forced to r ecog 11i z; the fact t hat t her e is somet hin g r ea l i11 a r eli g ion which ca n g i ve :- uch cc 11 victi o11 s in the face o f oppos iti on. T he ability to g i l'c a strong testi mony in the face of des t ruct ive c r iticism 11" ill g ive t he Ch r istian 11·011clcrfu l opportunities a mong his fellow students. T here ll" ill be in th e schoo l ma ny othe r ,tuclcnts ll" ho arc cage r for help in t he m idst of t he perp lexities a nd do ubt s .11·hi ch arc arising i11 t he ir m in d s. F o r t he sake o f o the r s . as ll'C il as fu r hi s own Chri s ti a n fa ith, the Christian young perso n needs the 11·o r k a nd atmosphe r e of a Bible In st it u te . I t must he rcmcmbcrccl tha t 1w a mou n t of Bible stuc\1· ll" ill he of a n v r ea l ya ]uc unl ess t he i11d iviclual surrc11clc r s clail ,· to the r c1-c a lccl 11· i ll uf Coi l. . \ B ible l11 s t.itu tc co ur se in itse lf is 110 guarantee of , ucccss i;1 t he Chri st ian li fe . l lo 11·c 1·n. fo r the you ng pe r son who s in ce r ely seeks to k11011· the truth and to do th e 11"ill uf Goel. the ,·cry bes t fo rt iricat ion agains t do ubt and crrn11eous tcach i11 g is a11 earnest. prayerful stud y of the \\'o r d of God .
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