A Particular Tragedy Observed

“It is also my conviction that although Bible students cannot be indifferent to critical questions such as authorship, date, etc., yet the power of God’s Word is not dependent upon our knowledge of such matters. . . . Men do not need to know the answer to every critical question in order to experience the truth of God’s Word and the power of His Gospel to redeem them from sin. It is a tragedy to observe theological students become panic-stricken over problems of textual or literary criticism” (J.C. Wenger, Introduction to Theology, vi).