Are the Gospels Reliable? According to jesusseminar.org, “The Jesus Seminar was organized under the auspices of the Westar Institute to renew the quest of the historical Jesus. At the close of debate on each agenda item, Fellows of the Seminar vote, using colored beads to indicate the degree of authenticity of Jesus’ words or deeds.” …
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Is the Bible True? Richard Dawkins, A Devil’s Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003), 245. http://quotes.lifehack.org/quote/richard-dawkins/the-bible-should-be-taught-but-emphatically/. Cited in Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000), 141. C. S. Lewis, The Inspirational Writings of C. S. Lewis: Surprised by Joy (New York: Inspirational Press, 1986), 122–3. C. S. Lewis, God in the …
Is the Bible Historically Reliable? http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-one-of-king-davids-palaces-found/. Paul Johnson, A Historian Looks at Jesus, speech to Dallas Seminary, 1986. Matthew 4:4, 7, 10. John 5:39. John 17:17. 2 Timothy 3:16. 2 Peter 1:21. Bruce M. Metzger, The Text of the New Testament (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 38. Quoted in Erwin Lutzer, The Da Vinci Deception (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, …
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Did the Old Testament Accurately Predict Jesus as the Messiah? Ray C. Stedman, God’s Loving Word (Grand Rapids, MI: Discovery House, 1993), 50. Isaiah 52:13—53:12; Zechariah 12—14. Isaiah 9:6, NIV Isaiah 7:14. Jeremiah 23:5. Micah 5:2. Isaiah 53:3. Psalm 41:9. Zechariah 11:12. Isaiah 53:7. Zechariah 12:10. Isaiah 53:12. Isaiah 53:9. Psalm 16:10. Luke 19:10. Portions of Isaiah …
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Does the Bible Foretell Future Events Accurately? D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, What If The Bible Had Never Been Written? (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1998), 213. Josh McDowell, The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999), 12-13. Portions of Deuteronomy 28, NCV. Amos 9:14-15, NCV. Ezekiel 36:16-23; Luke 21:24. Jeremiah 9:16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem. …
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Is the Bible’s Portrayal of People, Places and Events Accurate? Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews (New York: Harper, 1988), 27. R.K. Harrison, Introduction to the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969), 201. “The discovery of the codified Laws of Hammurabi (ca. 1700 B.C.), the Lipit-Ishtar code (ca. 1860 B.C.) the Laws of Eshnunna …
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Is the Bible Consistent with Science? Hebrews 11:3 Robert Jastrow, God and the Astronomers, (London: W. W. Norton, 1992), 14. George Smoot and Keay Davidson, Wrinkles in Time (New York: Avon, 1993), 17. Genesis 1; Isaiah 45:12; Colossians 1; Hebrews 1. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1990), 125. Fred Hoyle, “Let there …
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Fred Hoyle (British astrophysicist)“A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond …
Does the Bible Demonstrate Divine Authorship? http://www.why-the-bible.com/bible.htm. Francis A. Schaeffer, He Is There and He Is Not Silent (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1972), 60. Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Zechariah chapters 12 through14. Luke 2:1-22; Matthew 1:18-2:15; Acts 10:43. John 1:11.