Why Talk About the New Testament Canon?

"The New Testament Canon: Authoritative Books or Mandated Collection?" is the title for a two-part class scheduled for the 2021 on-campus Harding Lectures, re-scheduled from the 2020 program, canceled due to COVID. 

Click here to view "Why Talk About the New Testament Canon?" an introduction to the canon study that has been added to Harding's Virtual Lectureship page. Click below for:
Truth Applications is a title designed to reflect a determination to search for, understand, and explain truth. I believe  that, as Immanuel, Jesus embodies and reveals the most significant truth (John 1:14; 8:32; 14:6, 9; 17:17). I believe everyone should know, love, and live in imitation of his example and teaching. My search is admittedly incomplete since I am, by virtue of limited understanding and failure to match God's glory, imperfect. But, like Paul, I seek to better "know him . . . , pressing on . . . because Christ Jesus has made me his own" (Philippians 3:12). ~ David Anguish

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Added January 19, 2021 - An addition  to the Essays, Papers & Reviews page in a collection of articles originally written for the paper, "First Century Christian" - Look Again at the Fields

Added January 15, 2021 - A new "The Berea Page" -  Issue 2/4 - January 15, 2021 - "We Can Do This"

Added January 15, 2021 - New Obiter Dicta quotations (see below)

Rearranged January 15 - Notes on the Sermons and Class Notes page are now organized according to Bible text and topic.

Added January 7, 2021 - A link to the video presentation of "Why Talk About the New Testament Canon?" - see the links to the left
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Obiter Dicta
"an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc." ~ Dictionary.com

Quotations I've found especially thought-provoking
“Christians are Christians by virtue of certain acts of God which took place at a definite time in the past, but these acts of God have released a dynamic force which will never allow Christians to stay put or stick in the mud. The faith once for all delivered to the saints is not something which we can catch and tame; it is something which is always leading us forth to new ventures in the cause of Christ, as God calls afresh.”
- F. F. Bruce, The Defense of the Gospel in the New Testament, rev. ed., 97

“The Church lived, as it will always live, if the abiding Word is kept intact within her. Lose this, and all is lost.”
- E. M. Blaiklock, 1 Peter: A Translation and Devotional Commentary, 44