Questions About the Bible

Introduction

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Answers to Questions about the Bible

• Are there chronological contradictions in the Gospels?
• What is the canon of Scripture?
• What are the pastoral epistles?
• What is meant by the inspiration of Scripture?
• If the Bible was written by sinfule people, can we trust it?
• Can we trust the New Testament as a historical document?
• Wasn't the New Testament written hundreds of years after Christ?
• Hasn't the Bible been rewritten so many times it can't be trusted?
• Since the NT writers were biased, can we trust what they wrote?
• What is the gospel of Q and does it prove the Gospels are false?
• Why isn't there other evidence of the massacre of the babies?
• Why isn't there any record of millions of Jews wandering in the desert?
• Do the lost books of the Bible prove that the Bible has been altered?
• Is there non-biblical evidence of a day of darkness at the crucifixion?
• Does the Bible tell us if there is life on other planets?
• What does the Bible say about divorce?
• What does it mean when the Bible refers to the "third heaven?"
• Does the Bible forbid Interracial Marriages? 
• Which Bible version is best?
• How should I choose a Bible version?
• Why is the Bible divided into two parts?
• Why Did God Inspire Four Gospel Accounts? 
• Why does the Bible mention the mythical unicorn?
• Why does the Bible mention the mythical cockatrice?
• How is Paul saying he was speaking and not God affect the doctrine of inspiration?

What is biblical numerology?

• Are the New Testament themes found in the Old Testament?
• Doesn't Mithra prove that Christians borrowed from this myth?

Evidence supporting the Bible

• Manuscript evidence for superior New Testament reliability
• Illustration of Bible text manuscript tree and variant readings
• Non-biblical accounts of New Testament events and/or people
• Archaeological evidence verifying biblical cities
• The writings of Josephus mention many biblical people and places
• When were the Gospels written and by whom?

What does the Bible say about...?

• Does the Bible tell us if there is life on other planets?
• What does the Bible say about divorce?
• What does it mean when the Bible refers to the "third heaven?"
• Does the Bible forbid Interracial Marriages?
• What does the Bible say about homosexuality?
• What does the Bible say about artificial insemination?
• What does the Bible say about abortion?

Miscellaneous

• Where did Cain get his wife?
• What does it mean when the Bible refers to the "third heaven?"
• Could Noah's ark hold all the animals?
• What is general and special revelation?
• Why do Bibles use “LORD” instead of YHWH or Jehovah?
• What does the term "mansion" mean in John 14:2?
• Aren't the miracles of the Bible really magic?
• Did John Calvin believe in inerrancy?
• What is the Chair of Moses (the Seat of Moses)?
• What is dispensationalism?

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