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THE
BIBLE
Can we trust a book written 2000 years ago?
EYEWITNESS
Did the writers of the New Testament get their picture of Jesus right?
GOD
- MAN
Is Jesus really God?
RESURRECTION
Did Jesus really rise from the dead?
RELIGIONS
With so many religions, why Christianity?
SUFFERING
If there is a God, why is there so much suffering?
TRINITY
Understanding the Trinity.
SCIENCE
The complementary nature of Science & Christianity.
FORGIVENESS
What it is and why it matters?
GUIDANCE
How does God guide?
REPENTANCE
What it is and why you can't get to heaven without it.
BORN
AGAIN
What does it mean to be converted and born again?
SAVING
FAITH
The kind of faith that will get you to heaven
ASSURANCE
Can I know for sure that I am going to heaven?
TRUTH
What is truth and does it matter?
MORALITY
Does it matter how we live? A Christian view of morality.
THE
CHURCH
God's vision for his family, the Church. A call to the churches of the
new millennium.
PURPOSE
How
can I find a great purpose for living?
IDENTITY
Who am I; Finding my true identity as a human being and as a child of
God.
SELF-ESTEEM
How
can I feel good about my self? The Christian basis for proper sel-esteem.
LIFE AFTER DEATHChristianity's Hope & Challenge.
THE CROSS
Why did Jesus Die? What the Bible says about the Cross.
Grace
The importance of grace in the New Testament.
Facing the facts
To quote Sir Frederick Kenyon again:
It is reassuring at the end to find that the general result of all these discoveries and all this study is to strengthen the proof of the authenticity of the Scripture, and our conviction that we have in our hands, in substantial integrity, the veritable Word of God.
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"There
exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent
a set of textual and historical testimonies and offering so superb
an array of historical data"
Clark Pinnock |
Is the Bible really the Word of God? After all, if Jesus is the most complete revelation of the person and character of God that we have been given, and if he did die on the cross to pay the penalty for our rebellion against him, and if he is offering to us the incredible gift of his forgiveness and love for all eternity, then it would have been foolish of him not to have taken steps to see that we had a reasonably accurate account of these things. And if this is so, would it not be foolish of us to reject his love because we imagined wrongly that the record was distorted?
Clark Pinnock, professor of systematic theology at McMaster Divinity School in Ontario, concludes, after extensive research:
There exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent a set of textual and historical testimonies and offering so superb an array of historical data, on which an intelligent decision may be made. An honest person cannot dismiss a source of this kind. Scepticism regarding the historical credentials of Christianity is based on an irrational basis.
Of course the reasons are legion why people may reject the claims of Jesus Christ on their lives. They may be unwilling to give up things that displease God and to allow him to change their ways. They may be too proud to admit their need of forgiveness. They may be too interested in their own concerns to give him any attention. They may care too much what others might think if they became followers of Jesus. However, it would be foolish to reject him on the grounds that the historical evidence is unreliable. We cannot be excused for ignoring evidence.
There is a fable about a meeting that took place in hell. Satan gathered his demons and asked them, "What can we do to prevent the message from going out: what shall we tell people?" One worker raised his hand and said, "I will go up and tell them that there never was a Christ." The Devil shouted at him, "You've got to be crazy! There's more historical evidence for Christ than for Herod!" Another worker said, "I will tell them the Bible is a lie." Satan responded, "That's stupid. Look at all the prophecies already fulfilled. They will know it is not a lie." Another worker said, "I will tell them that Christ never rose from the dead." But Satan said, "Then why were his disciples so transformed?" The meeting got very quiet. Finally, one of them said, "All right, I have a plan. I will tell them there really is a Bible, and it's true. I will tell them there really is a Christ, and he's powerful. I will tell them that Christ is coming again to judge the world. He really is coming. But I will tell them this: they don't have to worry about it yet. There is plenty of time!" And Satan exclaimed, "That's the plan. That will succeed!"
Why not begin now to read through one of the Gospels? You may be surprised at what truth can be found there when approached with an open mind.
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Can we trust a book written 2000 years ago?
Were the people of the first century Palestine primitive?
The accuracy of modern New Testament translations
The reliability of the Old Testament
Facing the facts
