Bible 101
How can I trust the Bible
The Bible is a collection of 66 books from Genesis to Revelation.
15,000 years to write the Bible.
Moses write the 1st 5 books in the Bible.
Some of them are kings, prophets, fishermen and tax collectors.
-Written in 3 Continents: Asia, Africa, and Europe.
-3 languages: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaeic.
Dedicated by the Holy Spirit
Humans are God’s partner.
God keeps his promises faithfully.
SCRIBE = someone who copies off a script
Nobody dies for a lie.
The Bible is True/
God saves us and wants to use us and testaments.
The Dead Sea scrols are found in 1947 and the rest of the OLD TESTAMENT is found except Esther.
Sin is a route problem.
Worldview- lens that can see the world.
Biblical Worldview- seeing the world with the lens of the Bible.
Where do Christianity come from? We are created by God in image, designed for relation with God to care for world.
What is wrong with the Christian World? The fall or sin is a turnaway from God’s intent - which introduced brokeness, suffering, and separation.
How do we fix Christianity? Christianty teaches that we can’t fix it; instead God provided solution through Jesus, offering reconcilion and restoration of all things.
Where do Atheism come from? We are product of billions of years of cosmic evolution. There isn’t any creator, life emerged to natural processes.
What is wrong with Atheism? Wrongness is not part of spiritual fall, but combination of human ignoance irrationality, and systemic problems.
How can we solve Atheism? Through Science, reason, emphathy, and human effort.
Where do Islam come from? Humans are created by Allah from clay and given a soul.
What is wrong with Islam? Human’s for got their purpose and God’s guidance, leading to pride and injustice.
How to fix Islam? Through Tawhid and following the path of the Quran and Sunnah.