Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny - L. William Countryman

New Adult Class on the Authority of Scripture



On November 8, 2009, we will begin a new adult Christian education class dealing with the Authority of Scripture. We will use the book Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny by L. William Countryman. It is available from christianbook.com at a reasonable price. You might also want to check google shopping for the best rate currently, or purchase it used. Alibris has some additional used sellers here and here that also have inexpensive copies of the book (from $1.99 and up). Abe Books also has an extensive list of used copies from $1.56 on up.

Literalism - the 20th Century Heresy - Confirmation Class Resources I

This is such an important piece of learning for modern Christians in placing the relatively recent development of literalism applied to the Christian scriptures.

Here is a short-form podcast by the Reverend David Simmons on the heresy of literalism.

David has also produced a video lecture given at Murray State for a religion class he taught. The videos below expand upon the material in the audio podcast above. If you prefer audio only, the audio only version of the videos may be found here.

Part I


Part II


Part III


Part IV


Part V