WhatisthegospelofQanddoesitprovetheGospelsarefalse?QcomesfromtheGerman"quelle"meaning"source."SomebiblicalscholarshaveproposedthattherewasadocumentpriortothewritingofthegospelswhichwasusedbythewritersofMatthewandLukeasasourceofinformation.1Theyhavecalledthishypotheticaldocument"Q."Itishypotheticalbecausethereisnoproofthatthedocumentexisted.Nevertheless,thisproposalhasgainedsomeacceptanceinscholarl...[
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SincetheNewTestamentwriterswerebiased,canwetrusttheirtestimony?
Yes,wecantrusttheirtestimony.Beingbiasedaboutsomethingdoesnotmeanthatyoucannottellthetruth.Takeforexamplethecaseofarobberyofasmallstore.Therobbershootsandthewoundstwoemployees,escapes,butislaterapprehended.Atthetrialtheemployeeswhohaverecoveredfromtheirinjuriesarebroughtintotestify.Bothofthesewitnessesarebiasedinthattheywanttoseet...[
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Hasn'ttheBiblebeenrewrittensomanytimesthatwecan'ttrustitanymore?
Thisisacommonmisconception.SomepeoplethinkthattheBiblewaswritteninonelanguage,translatedtoanotherlanguage,thentranslatedintoyetanotherandsoonuntilitwasfinallytranslatedintotheEnglish.Thecomplaintisthatsinceitwasrewrittensomanytimesindifferentlanguagesthroughouthistory,itmusthavebecomecorrupted.The"telephone"analogyisoftenusedasan...[
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Wasn'ttheNewTestamentwrittenhundredsofyearsafterChrist?
ThoughsomesaythattheNewTestamentwaswritten100-300yearsafterChristdied,thetruthisthatitwaswrittenbeforethecloseofthefirstcenturybythosewhoeitherknewChristpersonally,hadencounteredhim,orwereunderthedirectionofthosewhowereHisdisciples.
InthearticleWhenwerethegospelswrittenandbywhom?,IdemonstratedthatMatthew,Mark,andLukewereallwrittenbefo...[
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CanwetrusttheNewTestamentasahistoricaldocument?
ManypeopledonotbelievethattheBibleisareliabledocumentofhistory.But,thefactistheBibleisverytrustworthyasahistoricaldocument.Ifweweretolookatachartthatcomparedthebiblicaldocumentswithotherancientdocuments,wewouldseethattheBibleisinaclassbyitselfregardingthenumberofancientcopiesandtheirreliability.Pleaseconsiderthechartbelow
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WhatistheCanon?Theword"canon"means"standard"or"rule."ItisthelistofauthoritativeandinspiredScriptures.Differentreligionshavedifferentcanons.
InJudaismthecanonconsistsofthebooksoftheoldTestamentonly.
InProtestantChristianity,thecanonisthebodyofscripturecomprisedintheBibleconsistingofthe39booksintheOldTestamentand27intheNewTestament.
InRomanCatholicism,additionalbookswereaddedin1546.These...[
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Don'tbecomeaChristianif...SomepeopletrytobecomeChristiansforthewrongreasons.YoudonotbecomeaChristianbecauseyouwanttogiveJesusatry,orbecauseyouwanttoseeifyourlifegetsbetter,orifyouwanttoexperimentwithreligion,oryouwantyourlifetoimprove,oryoujustwanttoseewhathappens.Ifyou"tried"Christianityforanyofthesereasons,thenyou'reprobablynotaChristiantobeginwithunlessyoucametoatrueunderstandingofwhatitis.
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WhyshouldIgotochurch?
TheBiblesaysthatweshouldnotforsake"ourownassemblingtogether,asisthehabitofsome,butencouragingoneanother;andallthemore,asyouseethedaydrawingnear,"(Heb.10:25).ItiswisetogotochurchbecausethatiswherewecangotohearthewordofGodpreachedandtoexperiencethefriendshipofotherbelievers.
ItisveryimportantthatwehearthewordofGod.TheBiblesays,"SoshallMywordbewhichgoesforthfromMymouth.I...[
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WhatdoesitmeantobeaChristian?
SomepeoplethinkthattobeaChristianmeansyoucan'tseemovies,thatyoucan'tdance,can'thaveadrink,orthatyoucan'thaveanymorefun.Thatisn'ttrue.Christianityisn'taboutrulesandregulationstofollow.ItisaboutarelationshipwiththeLordJesusChrist.
IntheOldTestamenttimesGodgavetheLawwhichhadtobefollowedprecisely.Therewereinstructionsaboutclothes,food,whatyoucouldorcouldnotdoonthe...[
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Isthereemptinessinyourlife?
Doyoufeelempty?Istheresomethinglacking?Doyoulongforsomethingbutdon'tquiteknowwhatitis?Areyoulongingforfulfillment?Areyouunsatisfiedwiththedailyroutineofwork,orschool,orwhatever?Maybewhenyouarebyyourselfandyoulookdeepinside,youjustdon'tfeelcontent.Somethingismissing.Maybeyou'vediscoveredthatindulgingthedesiresofyourfleshandmindhavenotproducedthepeaceandtranquilitytha...[
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