Perhaps you don’t read the Bible because you don’t think it’s reliable. It’s amazing what studying the Bible’s reliability can do for the skeptic and Christian alike. For the skeptic, it challenges their presupposed ideas that have been hammered in their minds from the Discovery Channel, and for the Christian, it strengthens their faith in God and encourages them to read and meditate more often. It’s a privilege to chat with Simon Peacock this week, a young Christian leader who’s taken upon himself the study of the New Testament’s reliability. We ask him about the need to study the Bible’s reliability, what some of the best arguments are for it (and against it), as well as how we can use what we’ve studied in our evangelism.
Who is Our Guest?
Simon James Peacock is a 20-something British Expat living in BC, Canada. Married to Jenna and with a newborn son, Everett, Simon is the Student Ministries Assistant at Coquitlam Alliance Church and founded The Death of Doctrine in 2017.
Episode Links
Check out the Christian resource ministry that Simon founded called The Death of Doctrine. The Death of Doctrine is a movement working to: reverse the tragic neglect of theology, increase biblical literacy & understanding, and equip the saints for critical engagement with culture, by providing resources & teaching in a variety of mediums.
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Isaac:
Today with me is Simon Peacock. Simon is a Student Ministries Assistant at Coquitlam Alliance Church outside of Vancouver, BC for those who are familiar with the area. He’s also the founder of The Death of Doctrine, which we’re going to get into in just a moment. He’s a husband to Jenna and a father to Everett. Yeah, it’s just great to have you in the studio today. That’s awesome.
Simon:
Thanks so much for having me, Isaac.
Isaac:
You were here with a friend of ours, Dave Jonsson, like two years ago.
He dragged you along and we just got you to talk.
I’m trying to remember what that even was on. I feel it was on … Was it decision making? Do you remember?
Simon:
Yeah, it was on like discerning God’s will.
Isaac:
Yeah. Yeah, that’s awesome. That’s so good. Why don’t you first kind of share with us a little bit about who you are?
Simon:
Yeah, so I’m Simon and originally from England, as you can probably tell from the accent. I’ve been out here in Canada for a couple of years now, moved out here pursuing a girl who I’m now married to. We got married just after I finished Bible college in England. Graduated two years ago, and then a week after I graduated from Bible college moved out here, 5,000 miles away from family and friends and got married.
Then we had little Everett a year after that.
Isaac:
That’s awesome, that’s so good. You’re working at obviously Coquitlam Alliance Church. What do you do there?
Simon:
Yeah, so I’m a Student Ministries Assistant. Essentially I help and aid both the young adults’ ministry alongside Pastor Dave Jonsson and the youth ministry alongside Cameron Daily and Ryan Drennan. I kind of just try to keep an eye on the big picture and help the...