Isn't the Bible filled with contradictions?

The DaVinci Code gives Christians a remarkable opportunity to talk to our culture about Jesus. For several weeks we have considered facts and issues which might help make such conversation more effective. Today we'll consider a challenge Christians hear often: isn't your Bible filled with contradictions?

Jesus claimed to be fully God and fully man; God is three and yet one; the Bible is divinely inspired but humanly written; God knows the future but we have freedom to choose. Inside every essential Christian doctrine there is a paradox, an apparent contradiction. Relationships defy strict logic, and faith is a relationship.

What about other statements in the Bible which seem to contradict each other? For instance, the Bible prescribes "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," but it also says to turn the other cheek. Which is right? Why does this issue of contradictions in the Bible matter to your life this morning? For more, I invite you to godissues.com today.