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INTRODUCTION
A top objection to Christianity is the Bible.
Skeptics and outright enemies attack the authenticity of the scriptures.
They make sweeping claims that the Bible is not true therefore Christianity is not true.
A great majority of this can be chalked up to ignorance but most people have not even taken the time to read the Bible.
-- “Americans revere the Bible - but, by and large, they don't read it.
And because they don't read it, they have become a nation of biblical illiterates.”
- George Gallup and Jim Castelli
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Consider these results from various surveys...
a. Fewer than half of all adults can name the four gospels
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Many professing Christians cannot identify more than two or three of the disciples
c. 60 percent of Americans can’t name even five of the Ten Commandments
d. 82 percent of Americans believe “God helps those who help themselves” is a Bible verse
e. 12 percent of adults believe that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife
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A survey of graduating high school seniors revealed that over 50 percent thought that Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife
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A considerable number of respondents to one poll indicated that the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Billy Graham
-- “Increasingly, America is biblically illiterate.” - George Barna
Biblical ignorance is like a poison, wreaking havoc in the lives of individuals, in our churches, and in our communities.
2. But what reasons are there to believe the Bible...?
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Our study will offer several reasons to take it seriously
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The examples will be few, but illustrative
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Links are provided to assist in further study
[I can think of at least five reasons to believe the Bible, i.e., evidences of inspiration, starting with its...]
I. SCIENTIFIC FOREKNOWLEDGE
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FULFILLED PROPHECIES
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFIRMATION
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