Eyewitness Accounts: Many people think the Bible is just like other “holy books,” giving good advice and telling allegorical and maybe mythological stories. However, upon close examination we find that the Bible is mainly an historical narrative giving facts about people, places, events and times. It contains one mega-theme that connects its 66 books, written… Continue Reading
Category Archives: A Case for the Bible
Case-Making 101: How do we know what we have in our Bibles today is the same as the originals?
Last week we looked at the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament in terms of the early Church’s canonization. We also looked at reasons why Christians reject the Apocrypha and gnostic gospels with an emphasis on the dating of those writings. With that in mind it is important to look at what scholars consider… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible – Have you ever wondered how we know that the New Testament is reliable?
During my skeptical years I bought into the misconception that the books of the Bible were decided, and even written, by a certain group of men hundreds of years after the fact, and because of that we could not trust it. But that is far from the truth and the onus is on us to… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible–How was the Bible transmitted over time?
When I began to look into the reliability of the Bible I first wanted to know how we got the Bible we have today. Was the means of transmission trustworthy enough to ensure that what we have today is the same as what the original writings had? I was very surprised at the amount of… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible – How do we know that we can trust the Bible?
Over the years I have come across Christians who believe that it doesn’t matter whether we know anything about the Bible and defending our faith. “Just have faith” some would say. But, faith in what? Because I became a follower of Jesus later in life I would have thought that the Bible would be the most important… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Why do Christians need to study the Bible using hermeneutics?
HERMENEUTICS Herman who? Our professor quickly corrected us, “Not Herman who, hermeneutics!” As Christians in a beginning Bible class we should have known that word, but most did not, especially me. I guess that’s part of the growing concern over Biblical illiteracy today, Christians just don’t know their stuff! We can correct that right here… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Why Do Christians Need To Be Case-Makers For The Bible?
Do you think the average Christian can answer a few basic questions about the Bible? Let’s see how you do (don’t cheat, but the answers are at the bottom of this post): True or false ( You need to know the correct answer if your response is “false”) King Saul also went by the… Continue Reading
Is there more to the Bible than just a book written by men? Part 12
A Case for the Bible, Part 12: Does Old Testament Prophecy Give Support for the Bible’s Reliability and Inspiration? This blog is part of a series. You can start the series by going back to the September 1, 2014 Introduction called A Case for Christianity: Why do we need one? When I was young I… Continue Reading
Is there more to the Bible than just a book written by men? Part 11
A Case for the Bible, Part 11: Does Archeology Support Christian Apologetics? This blog is part of a series. You can start the series by going back to the September 1, 2014 Introduction called A Case for Christianity: Why do we need one? “In extraordinary ways, modern archaeology has affirmed the historical core of… Continue Reading
Is there more to the Bible than just a book written by men? Part 10
A Case for the Bible, Part 10: Are the authors of the Bible eyewitnesses? This blog is part of a series. You can start the series by going back to the September 1, 2014 Introduction called A Case for Christianity: Why do we need one? For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told… Continue Reading