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The Transmission of the NT: The Copying Process 26.03.2008 52:54 ↓

It is amazing that we know anything of the New Testament. The early church had no great libraries or sanctuaries in which to store its books. Persecution began early and continued for a few hundred years. During the first three hundred years of persecution and the years after of freedom, the New Testament was continuously copied and recopied as believers held fervently to the only thing that could...

The Transmission of the NT: The Composition Process 19.03.2008 58:16 ↓

For hundreds of years, scholars refused to believe that Matthew, Luke, Paul, and Peter could have written the books of the Bible that bear their names. Instead, it was widely believed that men from the late second and third centuries wrote the documents and put the apostles' names on them for credibility. The discovery of a famous fragment from John's Gospel in 1920 changed all that forever. Read...

The Transmission of the Old Testament 12.03.2008 51:32 ↓

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 was a major find for Old Testament studies. In the 60+ years since, scholars continue to learn more of these ancient books and our faith in its accuracy and reliability only continues to grow. Read about how the Old Testament was handed down and later written down and the ancient manuscripts that we have today that prove once again that we can trust th...

Introduction 05.03.2008 56:09 ↓

The Bible has long been under attack from those who would love to see its influence disappear. The attacks seem to be growing stronger and the attackers are even bolder. Hollywood, liberal scholars, Muslims, scientists, atheists, and even Christian fundamentalists all charge that the modern Bibles used by most of evangelicalism have been corrupted over time and are not worthy to be read, studied,...

John 6: Irresistible Grace 20.02.2008 11:23 ↓

The doctrine of irresistible grace is easily understood and it all flows from the first tenet of the Calvinistic understanding of how man is saved. The Bible teaches that man is dead in sin and enslaved to a corrupt nature that does not want or seek God. Man is incapable of doing anything that is pleasing to God. Even though man is dead in his sins, he is, of course, still alive and very active in...

Irresistible Grace 13.02.2008 43:06 ↓

The doctrine of irresistible grace is easily understood and it all flows from the first tenet of the Calvinistic understanding of how man is saved. The Bible teaches that man is dead in sin and enslaved to a corrupt nature that does not want or seek God. Man is incapable of doing anything that is pleasing to God. Even though man is dead in his sins, he is, of course, still alive and very active in...