Are Christians free to declare that their beliefs are true, and that other views are not, in a pluralistic society where 'tolerance' is such an accepted norm? In the New Testament, do the Synoptic Gospels and John, or the Synoptic Gospels and Paul, or indeed Paul and Jesus, have such mutually exclusive views that they are not coherent in diversity, but actually divergent? These questions are subjected to penetrating, rigorous analysis in essays from the Ninth Oak Hill Annual School of Theology.
The vitally important issues are shown to be:
- whether or not God has truly made himself known
- whether or not the New Testament shares God's consistency;
- whether tolerance of irreconcilable truth claims is a virtue or a lie;
- whether there is one gospel which is true for all people, everywhere, or a range of presentable options among which one may choose;
- whether or not the gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes(Romans 1:16).
