I am a Bible Believer for Good Reasons Pastor Allan McCracken Romans 1:16 www.thebiblestands.net.

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I am a Bible Believer for Good Reasons Pastor Allan McCracken Romans 1:16

How to respond to the person who says, "I don't believe in the Bible." Such an objection can be turned into an opportunity for the Gospel The Bible says “...the gospel is the power of God unto salvation…” The word power as used here is the Greek word "dun a mis" from which we get our English word DYNAMITE!

How to respond to the person who says, "I don't believe in the Bible." 1.I believe you have a right not to believe in the Bible. In fact I would fight for that right. 2.If you don’t believe the bible, that means you must understand it, so what then do YOU think the Bible’s main point is?

How to respond to the person who says, "I don't believe in the Bible." 3.That is exactly what I was afraid of. You have rejected the Bible and have done so without understanding its main message. 4.Now don’t you think the more intelligent thing to do would be to let me share with you the Bible's main message, how a person can have eternal life? Then you can make an educated decision about accepting or rejecting it.

Plato Caesar Pliny the Younger Thucydides Herodotus Demosthenes Aristotle How does the Bible compare to other ancient works of literature? 1.How many manuscript copies do we have of ancient literature? Number of copies for secular ancient writers:

How does the Bible compare to other ancient works of literature? 2.How many manuscript copies do we have of New Testament writers alone? 24,633 Secular Ancient Writers Manuscripts: Plato - 7 Caesar - 10 Pliny the Younger-7 Thucydides - 20 Herodotus - 8 Demosthenes-200 Aristotle - 49

Pliny the Younger (original to closest copy) Caesar and the Galic Wars Aristotle's Poetics Euripides Herodotus Plato Homer’s “The Odyssey” How does the Bible compare to other ancient works of literature? 3.What is the time span between the copies and the original? yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs yrs

How does the Bible compare to other ancient works of literature? 4.What is the time span between the writing of the New Testament and the first complete manuscript copies? 300 YEARS MAX Secular Ancient Writers Manuscripts Time Spans: Pliny the Younger – (closest manuscript copy) years Caesar and the Galic Wars years Aristotle's Poetics years Euripides years Herodotus years Plato years Homer’s “The Odyssey” years

How does the Bible compare to other ancient works of literature? 5.What languages have the New testament manuscripts been translated into? Greek – Aramaic – Syriac – Latin – German – French – Anglo Saxon – English