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The Bible The “Word of God” or 66 Fairy Tales?

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The Bible

The “Word of God” or 66 Fairy Tales?

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More Americans Are Becoming Skeptical

Many Americans think

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What % Believe Bible is God’s Word?

• 2015: 28%

• 1976: 38%

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What % Believe Bible is God’s Word?

Gallup Poll

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What Are Skeptics

Saying About The Bible?

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Skeptics Are Saying About the Bible…

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Miracle of Inspiration of Scriptures

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2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV):

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for

teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

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3 Reasons to Believe the Bible is God’s Word

1. Indestructibility

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3 Reasons to Believe the Bible is God’s Word

2. Continuity of Message

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3 Reasons to Believe the Bible is God’s Word

3. Fulfilled Prophecy

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1st Reason the Bible is God’s Word

Indestructibility

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Eradication Attempt on the Old Testament

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Antiochus Epiphanes 175-164 B.C.

Antiochus Epiphanes

a.k.a. “The Madman”

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Antiochus Epiphanes

And [the officials of Antiochus] rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, and set them on fire. And wheresoever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death

(The Apocrypha, 1 Maccabees 1:56-57)

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Antiochus Epiphanes

And if there were any sacred book of the law found, it was destroyed, and those [Jews] with whom they were found miserably perished also

Josephus - Antiquities of the Jews 12.5.4

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Eradication Attempt on the New Testament

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Diocletian, Roman Emperor from A.D. 284-305

Known for harsh persecution of Christians