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Daily Archives: December 9, 2014
懷疑與信心 (Doubt and Faith)
By Tin-chee Lo (盧天賜); December 9, 2014 在他的「照我本相」自傳中 (Ref. 1; pp.45, 98-99, 135-140) ,葛培禮 (Billy Graham) 述說了一個他個人的天路歷程中的一個屬靈爭扎的故事。在他事工萌芽時期,他有一位傳道的同工名譚普頓 (Chuck Templeton)。這位口才出衆,頭腦精明,精通歷史,甚另葛培禮佩服,兩人成為契友,工作愉樂都常在一起。當時葛培禮巳是西北大學 (Northwestern University) 的校長,但他因沒有博士學位,促使他于1949年決定停職兩年,努力從事拿學位的願望。在此期間,譚普頓是在加拿大多倫多的一所教會事奉,並「在青年奉獻基督 Youth for Christ (YFC)」的機構參與事工。于1946年,譚氏觪職,進美國普林斯敦大學的神學院進修。由於他熱愛理性主意 (Intellectualism),在校第一年便遇到嚴重的神學困難,乃是関乎聖經杈威 (authority of the Scripture) 等問題。在學術環境中,葛培禮也讀了不少「新派神學 (neo-orthodoxy)」的書籍,否定傳統自由主義 (old liberalism) 的看法,把新的解釋套在傳統的神學的名詞上。兩人常常有討論,企圖要趕上廿一世紀的潮流。 在1946年至1949年間,譚普頓不斷地對葛培禮在思想上作出挑戰:「老友,你巳落伍50年了;現代人已經不信你的保守思想了;你的信心太幼稚了;你的言語巳經與時代脫節;你應開始學習新術語才有成功的機會。」葛培禮感到非常困擾。他想,「我现在所讀到的與我自幼所學到的背道而馳。我對基要福音,基督的神性毫無問題,但至於「聖經是完全可信嗎?」,「聖經真的是神所默示的嗎?」,「聖經真俱有絕對的權威嗎?」,這些問題成為葛培禮在理性上,屬靈上,和情緒上的包服。更另葛培禮困惑的是,他想:「如果我是大學二年級的學生而有這些疑惑,也不怪,但是我現在是個校長呀?當我決定接納校長之職時,我豈非簽了同意他們的信仰表白嗎?」葛培禮站在屬靈的十字口當中。繼續往前事奉主?還是辭退校長職位,不再傳道嗎?他說,「我現在只有三十嵗,改行未晚呀!」 在這屬靈爭扎之前,葛培禮早已答應被邀在1949年底的「大學年終簡報會議Annual College Briefing … Continue reading