Why Believe the Bible?

Posted in Theology on December 24th, 2011 at 8:09 pm

As I write this, I’m tak­ing a class that deals with specif­i­cally this sub­ject. I could go on in detail about the mir­a­cle that is the preser­va­tion of the man­u­scripts from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion; we have man­u­scripts proven to date from 1000ad that line up almost per­fectly with man­u­scripts from 150bc. The odds of that hap­pen­ing with any hand-copied doc­u­ment are mind-numbing. I could also talk about how those same texts, copied 150 years before Jesus and writ­ten 700 years before Jesus, fore­told His suf­fer­ing in impos­si­bly vivid detail.

Hon­estly, though, noth­ing of what I say will do any­thing for you unless you read it with an open mind. You’ll find ways to explain away every­thing I say if you’ve decided the Bible can’t pos­si­bly be true. The best evi­dence that the Bible is true is often found when you read it with the idea that it might just be true. I hope and pray that you’ll give it a shot and have the eyes of your heart opened.

This sub­ject isn’t a very fun one to write about. That’s why there’s not much here. If you have a spe­cific ques­tion, though, feel free to ask me.

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