Is the Bible Reliable?
Is the Bible reliable? As a pastor I was asked this question. Can we trust the Biblical texts we read today? Is it true? This lens gives a brief overview of nine compelling evidences of the reliability of the Biblical texts.
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But, it is my hope that these free bible study materials helps you down that path. Much as been written about the evidences for historical reliability of the Bible to show that it cannot be trusted. To help you find a lane through the tangle of information, here is an outline of the 9 most compelling evidences for the historical reliability and truthfulness of the Christian Holy Scriptures:
Bible Questions-Answers - Requires Study!
But, it is my hope that these free bible study materials helps you down that path. Much as been written about the evidences for historical reliability of the Bible to show that it cannot be trusted. To help you find a lane through the tangle of information, here is an outline of the 9 most compelling evidences for the historical reliability and truthfulness of the Christian Holy Scriptures:
(Note for further reading - I refer to one of my sources for this blog 12 Compelling Evidences That The Bible Is True By Rob VandeWeghe)
What Do You Believe About the Bible? Poll
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What is your opinion of the Bible as the Word of God
Is the Bible the Word of God
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, every word
M says:
Yes. Of course it is. 1 John says "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God." End of story.
Go look it up if you don't believe me.
Posted March 26, 2009
Andrew Malkasian says:
yes
Posted March 17, 2009
Anonymous says:
If anyone were to claim that any PART of it was not inspired, this would logically necessitate that NONE of it was.
Posted February 02, 2008
No
driewe says:
Absolutely not. Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate. Your kingjames bible doesn't even use the same Scriptures Jesus and his apostles use. Plus, all you guys use private interpretation of it.
Posted March 08, 2008
Consider the Verification FromThe Septuagint
Consider the Verification FromThe Septuagint The Septuagint was first translation from the Hebrew Old Testament to the Greek language (dated from the 285-270 BC timeframe).
The Septuagint proves the existence of all the Old books before 300 BC.
Links on The Septuagint
- Septuagint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- It is the oldest of several ancient translations of the Hebrew Bible into Greek. The word "septuaginta" means "seventy" in Latin and derives from a tradition that seventy-two Jewish scholars (seventy being the nearest round number) translated the Pentateuch (or Torah) from Hebrew into Greek for one of the Ptolemaic kings, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285-246 BCE.[2][3]
- The Septuagint Online: Electronic Resources for the Study of the Septuagint and Old Greek Versions
- Introduction
The History of the Septuagint, and its Terminology
THE SEPTUAGINT, derived from the Latin word for "seventy," can be a confusing term, since it ideally
refers to the third-century BCE translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in Alexandria, Egypt. There is a complicated
story - CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Septuagint Version
- The first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, made into popular Greek before the Christian era
Further from Amazon - Read about verbal inspiration of the Bible
Consider the -Lost- Books That Were Never -Lost!-
Consider the 'Lost' Books That Were Never "Lost!"
The 'lost' books of the Bible were never 'lost': Modern liberal scholars claim recently discovered 'lost' or 'deliberately misplaced' gospels that claim alternative views on Jesus and His teachings. Famous examples are the 'gospel of Thomas', the 'gospel of Judas' and the 'gospel of Mary Magdalene' (one of the 'sources' for the claims of the Da Vinci code). However evidence shows that these gospels were not only written generations after the apostles, but also that the preserved texts were subject to 'creative editing' (rewriting) by Gnostic heretic sources.
The 'lost' books of the Bible were never 'lost': Modern liberal scholars claim recently discovered 'lost' or 'deliberately misplaced' gospels that claim alternative views on Jesus and His teachings. Famous examples are the 'gospel of Thomas', the 'gospel of Judas' and the 'gospel of Mary Magdalene' (one of the 'sources' for the claims of the Da Vinci code). However evidence shows that these gospels were not only written generations after the apostles, but also that the preserved texts were subject to 'creative editing' (rewriting) by Gnostic heretic sources.
- The Lost Books Of The Bible.
- The Lost Books of the Bible. Doctrine and practices of mainstream religion that contradict or ignore scripture.
- Lost Books of the Bible, so-called.
- Lost Books of the Bible, so-called.
- The Lost Books of the Bible - The Hidden Truths
- The Lost Books of the Bible is a compilation of hundreds of links to known books, doctrinal text, anomalies, beings, and technology, purged from or associated with the Bible.
- What are the lost books of the Bible?
- What are the lost books of the Bible? Are there any books missing from the Bible? Where some books removed from the Bible?
Consider the verification of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea Scrolls!
The Dead Sea Scrolls: contain Old Testament manuscripts from 100 years before the birth of Christ. This demonstrates that over the centuries the scriptures were very watchfully copied and our current texts are close to identical to the original texts.
Links on … The Dead Sea Scrolls (For and Against Articles):
The Dead Sea Scrolls: contain Old Testament manuscripts from 100 years before the birth of Christ. This demonstrates that over the centuries the scriptures were very watchfully copied and our current texts are close to identical to the original texts.
Links on … The Dead Sea Scrolls (For and Against Articles):
- Dead Sea -- Intro
- Welcome to
SCROLLS FROM THE DEAD SEA
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC - Dead Sea scrolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Dead Sea scrolls consist of roughly 900 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea) in the West Bank. The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they include practically the only known surviving copies of Biblical documents made before 100 AD, and preserve evidence of considerable diversity of belief and practice within late Second Temple Judaism.
- 25 Fascinating Facts About the Dead Sea Scrolls @ Century One Bookstore
- 25 Facts about the Dead Sea Scrolls
- On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study
- On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study
Dead Sea Scrolls
Consider The Lessons Learned From The Established Authorship And Dating Of The Scriptures!
Consider The Lessons Learned From The Established Authorship And Dating Of The Scriptures!
Authorship and dating of the Old Testament
Authorship and dating of the Old Testament: Although most of the Old Testament books are technically anonymous, we have strong internal and external evidences to support the traditional authorship and date of writing for these books.
Links on --- Authorship of the Old Testament
Authorship and dating of the Gospels
Authorship and dating of the Gospels: Although, in theory, anonymous, there are strong internal and external evidences that support the authorship of the gospels by the names we identify them by today. Mark is generally considered to be the oldest gospel; even liberal scholars will agree on a dating before 70 AD, although more realistic is in the 55-65 timeframe. Luke, Mark and Acts are generally dated in the 60-80 timeframe. The gospel of John is now universally accepted to be written in the 80-90 period.
Authorship and dating of Paul's letters
Authorship and dating of Paul's letters: All substantial letters are universally accepted to be written by the apostle Paul in the 49-65 AD timeframe. That makes these letters likely the earliest written documents in the New Testament.
Links on --- Authorship of the New Testament
Authorship and dating of the Old Testament
Authorship and dating of the Old Testament: Although most of the Old Testament books are technically anonymous, we have strong internal and external evidences to support the traditional authorship and date of writing for these books.
Links on --- Authorship of the Old Testament
- Authorship of the Old Testament - Though each author isn't known for certain, there are many that can be identified. The Pentateuch is a collection of 5 books in the Old Testament that was ...
- The Books of the Old Testament - The Old Testament is a collection of works of greatly differing length and many .... The New Testament nevertheless ascribes the authorship to Moses. ...
- Straight Dope Staff Report: Who wrote the Bible? (Part 2) - The books of the Old Testament can be classified as three types: histories .... Friedman, in Who Wrote the Bible, argues that the D-author/editor is none ...
- Old Testament Messiah Prophecies and the Gospels - Here Matthew's author displays his ignorance of the Old Testament and Hebrew. He understands Zechariah 9:9 to refer to two animals and therefore writes of ...
- The Old Testament--Prophecy and Authorship - A look at the authorship of the Old Testament in general as well as looking at how the New Testament writers viewed the authorship of the Old Testament ...
Authorship and dating of the Gospels
Authorship and dating of the Gospels: Although, in theory, anonymous, there are strong internal and external evidences that support the authorship of the gospels by the names we identify them by today. Mark is generally considered to be the oldest gospel; even liberal scholars will agree on a dating before 70 AD, although more realistic is in the 55-65 timeframe. Luke, Mark and Acts are generally dated in the 60-80 timeframe. The gospel of John is now universally accepted to be written in the 80-90 period.
Authorship and dating of Paul's letters
Authorship and dating of Paul's letters: All substantial letters are universally accepted to be written by the apostle Paul in the 49-65 AD timeframe. That makes these letters likely the earliest written documents in the New Testament.
Links on --- Authorship of the New Testament
- An Introduction to the New Testament - The religious implications of modern New Testament criticism and .... The authorship and early date of the epistle are matters of probability and not of ...
- Many Eyes : Authorship of the New Testament (traditional with ... - Visualizations : Authorship of the New Testament (traditional with Hebrews assumed as non-Pauline). Can't see the visualization? Download the latest Java ...
- WHO WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT? - The authorship of the New Testament books have been discovered. For years, the book "The True Authorship of the New Testament" has been out and many persons ...
- BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: THE GOSPELS - P.N. Benware, author of "Survey of the New Testament" estimates 64 to 68 CE. 16. bullet, R. Shorto, author of "Gospel Truth" states that "Scholars believe ...
Consider The Testimony Of The Early Church Leaders
Consider The Testimony Of The Early Church Leaders
Testimony of the Early Church leaders: Additionally there exist over 86,000 quotations from the New Testament texts in the preserved writings of the leaders of the Early Christian church, testifying to the original texts.
Testimony of the Early Church leaders: Additionally there exist over 86,000 quotations from the New Testament texts in the preserved writings of the leaders of the Early Christian church, testifying to the original texts.
- 12 Compelling Evidences That the Bible is True
- 12 Compelling Evidences That the Bible is True
- The Trustworthiness of the Bible
- The Trustworthiness of the Bible
Thus, had the early Church or those in the Old Testament, tampered with the true teachings of the biblical text, they could and would have been easily ... - J Theol Studies -- Sign In Page
- ENTRY INTO MEMBERSHIP OF THE EARLY CHURCH
continuing testimony (jo papTvpovv) that when the Church preaches. Jesus Christ she is not indulging in .... I suspect that the original text may have been ...
Consider The Evidences Of The Canons Of The Old And New Testaments
Consider The Evidences Of The Canons Of The Old And New Testaments The Canon of the Old Testament
The canon of the Old Testament: The list of books that now makes up our Old Testament was never under serious quarrel, showing these books were accepted, and treated as God's word almost immediately after they were written.
Links on --- Cannon of the Old Testament
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canon of the Old Testament Signifies the authoritative list or closed number of the writings composed under Divine inspiration, and destined for the well-being of the Church.
- Canon of The Old Testament A look at how Catholics arrived at the current collection of Old Testament books.
- The Old Testament Canon The canon of the Old Testament is the list of books that make up the Old Testament. Protestants and Catholics have different ideas about which books belong ...
- The Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha - The Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha. The following table shows the names and order of books included in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible, ...
- The Old Testament Canon - When examining the question of what books were originally included in the Old Testament canon, it is important to note that some of the books of the Bible ...
The Canon of the New Testament:
The canon of the New Testament: The official canon of the New Testament was approved upon by 397 AD. However, before the year 150 AD, all gospels, Acts and Paul's epistles were universally accepted as part of the list of Inspired writings. The disagreements in the 3rd and 4th century were only over a few of the smaller New Testament books: James, 2 Peter, 2&3 John, Jude and Revelation.
Links on --- Cannon of the New Testament
- Biblical canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 305; cf. the Catholic Encyclopedia, Canon of the New Testament ... Childs, Brevard S., The New Testament as canon: an introduction ISBN 0334022126; Gamble, ...
- The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Home - The Development of the Canon of the New Testament.
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canon of the New Testament - The idea of a complete and clear-cut canon of the New Testament existing from the beginning, that is from Apostolic times, has no foundation in history.
- The Formation of the New Testament Canon - This essay surveys the history of the formation of the New Testament, summarizing the work of Bruce Metzger.
- The Emergence of the New Testament Canon - To shed light on how this affirmation ought to be understood, this paper will trace the history of the New Testament canon from the apostolic church to the ...
Consider - The credibility of the eye-witnesses
The credibility of the eye-witnesses: The eye-witness accounts to Jesus prove to be honest and factual testimonies. The abundance of (irrelevant) detail, consistency of the accounts, as well as between the different gospels, lack of exaggeration and confirmations from extra-Biblical sources prove their credibility.
Consider The Historical Reliability Of The Bible
The historical reliability of the Bible: Archeology and historical analysis again and again show the accuracy of the events, locations and customs mentioned in the Bible accounts. Never has anybody been able to disprove any of the accounts.
FINALLY -Consider the testimony of the many whose lives have been changed by the Word of God!
I know this may be somewhat subjective - but it must not (can not) be denied! If you have eyes to see look.What do the Bible Scriptures say about themselves?
- 2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
- Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- 2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Further Readings:
BestKnow.info - Inspirational articles warehouse - a growing site of sermon/devotional/illustrative type articles - . Colected by Wbisbill.
- God Chooses Whom He Will The true story of a little girl forced to play softball with the big kids. She learned a valuable life lesson:You may be a very funny-looking little girl, no one seems to want you on their team, but you have a Big Brother who does; His name is Jesus. He wants you, he chooses you, he is calling out your name, and he goes before you. Can you hear him beckon, 'Come unto me?'
- The Call From Called To Chosen When you've been called then, transformed into chosen there will be no need to announce it. Your chosen lifestyle will announce you.
- Chosen An allegory about a little pitcher who doesn't like his shape.
- The Healing Presence of God's Love: God's love as a healing presence in the world is growing stronger daily. Many people are not yet able to perceive this growing presence of light, ecause there also exists at this time a thick cloud of negative energy that is surrounding the Earth. This acts to obscure both the perception and the consciousness of people, and to create feelings of isolation and despair.
- Spirituality - Thirteen Keys for Finding Inner Peace Summary: In answer to a question from a man in West Africa, I came up with 13 keys for achieving inner peace. From meditation to self-compassion to seeing life as a grand classroom, these are points to practice for cultivating inner peace.
- Sharing a Few Thoughts on Spirituality and Beliefs
- ...by: "Craig Lock" - Spirituality is not religion. It is something different (and more profound, deeper, I believe): A "connection with the Divine" (or what mystics often call "union with God". Life is a spiritual, not a religious journey. (I think it was Wayne Dyer, who said: "We are all spiritual beings on an earthly journey").
- When Faith Is Tested:This is a time of monumental transition for our world, and each of our lives is being affected by the larger planetary transformations that are happening. Many of us who are on a spiritual path and living a spiritual life feel dismayed by the great intensity that is manifesting in our lives, our relationships, and even our physical bodies.
- Compassion: by: Mary E. Martin. just found this quote from Thomas Aquinas - "I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it." Surely, this must be the difference between the understanding of the head and the heart.
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