For those in the western suburbs of Chicago, here’s an evangelistic opportunity to consider. This Saturday Dr. Peter Williams (Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge) will be doing a local talk on “Did Jesus Really Say/Do That?”
I hope others around the country will replicate what the Fox Valley Theological Society is doing: they sponsor public lectures (say in a public library) on gospel-related issues to which you can invite unbelieving friends.
More info below—followed by a video of Dr. Williams talking about the indicators of eyewitness testimony in the Gospels.
Did Jesus Really Say/Do That? Did the gospel writers have access to eyewitness testimony?
Did Jesus’ biographers—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—record actual historical events? Was that even their goal? Were they capable historians? Or were they motivated more by their own historical circumstances decades after Jesus’ life and work? How can we know? Theories abound about how much of “the historical Jesus” is available to us today. Join us as Dr. Williams, internationally renowned linguist and scholar, explores whether the gospel writers had access to eyewitness testimony and the difference that makes for reading these historically important documents.
Saturday, April 9th, 10:00am – Noon
Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Avenue
Batavia, Illinois 60510
Our Speaker
Dr. Peter J. Williams (MA, MPhil, PhD, University of Cambridge) is the Warden (CEO) of Tyndale House, Cambridge, UK, a world-leading evangelical center for biblical research. He has been a Research Fellow at Tyndale House, and served on the faculties of the University of Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he became a Senior Lecturer in New Testament. In addition to his current work at Tyndale House, Pete is also a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible, chairman of the International Greek New Testament Project, honorary Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Aberdeen, and Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. His passion is encouraging historical awareness and proper understanding of the Christian scriptures. He is married to Kathryn with two children, Magdalena and Leo. The FVTS is privileged and honored to have a scholar of such international achievement speak to us about the historicity of the gospels.