What is Scripture, Really?

Presented by the Mission House Center of Lakeland College

Rev. Dr. Karl A. Kuhn, Lecturer

Thursday, May 22, 2008

7:00-8:30 PM

The Laun Center

David and Valerie Black Room

One of the more fundamental issues on which Christians disagree is the nature of Scripture.  Is it God's Word, scripted by God into a flawless and unified declaration of God’s character and will?  Or is the Bible simply human testimony to various experiences of God, the pious reflections of Jewish and Christian believers gathered over the centuries?  Or is Scripture something else?  Drawing on material from his recent book, Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation, Dr. Kuhn reviews some of the different views of Scripture held by Christians, and presents an understanding of Scripture as both embodying and inviting a sacred conversation between God and believers, and among believers about God.

Rev. Dr. Karl Kuhn is Associate Professor of Religion at Lakeland College where he has served since the Fall of 1999.  He graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a B.A. in English in 1990, and later earned an M. Div. from Eden Theological Seminary in 1994, followed by a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Marquette University in 1999.  His special interests are in the fields of biblical interpretation and biblical theology, and he frequently writes and lectures in both areas.  His first book, Having Words with God: The Bible as Conversation, is published by Fortress Press and is due out April 2008.  His second book, The Heart of Biblical Narrative, will also be published by Fortress and is scheduled for release in 2009.