Is Our Faith Blind

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Is Our Faith Blind

• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

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Is Our Faith Blind

• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

10. Manuscript Evidence
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Bible vs. Ancient Documents
Author When Written EarliestCopy Time Span Till First Copy Number ofCopies ThatExist Today
Pliny theYounger 61-113 AD 850 AD 750 Years 7
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Bible vs. Ancient Documents
Author When Written EarliestCopy Time Span Till First Copy Number ofCopies ThatExist Today
Pliny theYounger 61-113 AD 850 AD 750 Years 7
Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1,000 Years 10
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Bible vs. Ancient Documents
Author When Written EarliestCopy Time Span Till First Copy Number ofCopies ThatExist Today
Pliny theYounger 61-113 AD 850 AD 750 Years 7
Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1,000 Years 10
Plato 427-347 BC 900 AD 1,200 Years 7
Aristotle 384-322 BC 1100 AD 1,400 Years 37
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Bible vs. Ancient Documents
Author When Written EarliestCopy Time Span Till First Copy Number ofCopies ThatExist Today
Pliny theYounger 61-113 AD 850 AD 750 Years 7
Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1,000 Years 10
Plato 427-347 BC 900 AD 1,200 Years 7
Aristotle 384-322 BC 1100 AD 1,400 Years 37
Sophocles 496-406 BC 1000 AD 1,400 Years 193
Euripides 480-406 BC 1100 AD 1,500 Years 9
Catallus 54 BC 1550 AD 1,600 Years 3
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Bible vs. Ancient Documents
Author When Written EarliestCopy Time Span Till First Copy Number ofCopies ThatExist Today
Pliny theYounger 61-113 AD 850 AD 750 Years 7
Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1,000 Years 10
Plato 427-347 BC 900 AD 1,200 Years 7
Aristotle 384-322 BC 1100 AD 1,400 Years 37
Sophocles 496-406 BC 1000 AD 1,400 Years 193
Euripides 480-406 BC 1100 AD 1,500 Years 9
Catallus 54 BC 1550 AD 1,600 Years 3
New Testament 48 AD 130 AD 80 Years 24,630
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

9. Archaeological Evidence
10. Manuscript Evidence
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9. Archaeological Evidence
2 Samuel
Discovered in the Ancient City of Dan Dates to
mid-800s BC (1994)
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9. Archaeological Evidence
Matt 27 John 18
Discovered in Caesarea Dates to First Century
(1961)
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9. Archaeological Evidence
2 Kings 20 2 Chron 32
Hezekiahs Tunnel Discovered in Jerusalem Dates
to 8th Century BC (1838)
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9. Archaeological Evidence
2 Kings 20 2 Chron 32
Hezekiahs Tunnel Discovered in Jerusalem Dates
to 8th Century BC (1838)
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9. Archaeological Evidence
2 Kings 20 2 Chron 32
Hezekiahs Tunnel Discovered in Jerusalem Dates
to 8th Century BC (1838)
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9. Archaeological Evidence
2 Kings 20 2 Chron 32 John 97
Hezekiahs Tunnel / Pool of Siloam Discovered in
Jerusalem Dates to 8th Century BC (1838)
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

8. Eyewitness Accounts
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological Evidence
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8. Eyewitness Accounts
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when
we told you about the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of
his majesty. -- 2 Peter 116
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8. Eyewitness Accounts
We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and
Only. -- John 114b
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8. Eyewitness Accounts
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of
the things that have been fulfilled among us,
just as they were handed down to us by those who
from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of
the word. -- Luke 11-2
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8. Eyewitness Accounts
For what I received I passed on to you as of
first importance that Christ died for our sins,
according to the Scriptures, that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day, according to
the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter,
and then to the Twelve.
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8. Eyewitness Accounts
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred
of the brothers at the same time, most of whom
are still living, through some have fallen
asleep. Then, he appeared to James, than to all
the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me
also, as to one abnormally born. -- Luke 11-2
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

7. Corroborating Accounts
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts
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7. Corroborating Accounts
Josephus Blaise Pascal Pliny the Younger Letters
from Pilate to Caesar
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

6. Literary Consistency
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

5. Prophetic Consistency
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
All who see me mock me they hurl insults,
haking their heads He trusts in the Lord let
the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since
he delights in him. -- Psalm 227-8
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities the punishment
that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed. -- Isaiah 535
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who
shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against
me. -- Psalm 419
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
They have pierced my hands and my feet. --
Psalm 2216
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
Therefore I will give him a portion among the
great, and he will divide the spoils with the
strong, because he poured out his life unto
death, and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors. -- Isaiah
5312
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
They will look on me, the one they have pierced,
and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an
only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one
grieves for a firstborn son. -- Zechariah 1210
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
They divide my garments among themand cast lots
for my clothing. -- Psalm 2218
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5. Prophetic Consistency
353 Fulfilled in the First Coming of Jesus
MIT Calculates Odds of Jesus Fulfilling 8
Prophecies 1 in 100 Trillion 48 Prophecies 1
in 10 to the 157th Power
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

4. Scientific Proofs
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
5. Prophetic Consistency
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4. Scientific Proofs
Stars Jeremiah 3322 (Written 2,500 Years
Ago) As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
neither the sand of the sea measured. Science
Used to Think 1,100
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4. Scientific Proofs
Life in the Blood Leviticus 1711 (Written 3,000
Years Ago) For the life of the flesh is in the
blood. Up until 120 years ago, sick people were
bled, and many died because of this practice.
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4. Scientific Proofs
Wash in Running Water Leviticus 1513 (Written
3,000 Years Ago) He shall bathe his flesh in
running water, and shall he be clean. Up until
100 years ago, doctors washed their hands in a
basin of still water killing multitudes.
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

3. Global Influence
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
5. Prophetic Consistency 4. Scientific Proofs
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3. Global Influence
Christianity is responsible for a
disproportionately large number of the
humanitarian advances in the history of
civilization in education, medicine, law, the
fine arts, working for human rights and even in
the natural sciences. -- Craig L.
Blomberb (Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith)
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

2. All Creation Testifies
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
5. Prophetic Consistency 4. Scientific
Proofs 3. Global Influence
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2. All Creation Testifies
Since what may be known about God is plain to
them, because God has made it plain to them. For
since the creation of the world Gods invisible
qualities
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2. All Creation Testifies
his eternal power and divine nature have been
clearly seen, being understood for what has been
made, so that men are without excuse. -- Romans
119-20
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2. All Creation Testifies
To suppose that the eye could have been formed
by natural selection, seems, I confess, absurd in
the highest degree. -- Charles Darwin (The
Origin of Species)
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• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

1. Changed Lives
10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
5. Prophetic Consistency 4. Scientific
Proofs 3. Global Influence 2. All Creation
Testifies
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1. Changed Lives
For we are Godsworkmanship masterpiece,creat
ed in Christ Jesus. -- Ephesians 210
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Is Our Faith Blind

• The Top 10 Reasons the Bible is True

10. Manuscript Evidence 9. Archaeological
Evidence 8. Eyewitness Accounts 7. Corroborating
Accounts 6. Literary Consistency
5. Prophetic Consistency 4. Scientific
Proofs 3. Global Influence 2. All Creation
Testifies 1. Changed Lives