The document provides an overview of several topics related to Christianity including: - Key books of the Bible such as the Gutenberg Bible and New Testament - Biblical passages about the authority and purpose of Scripture - Tests for determining the authenticity of the Bible including internal claims, external evidence, and reliability of translations - Archaeological evidence that supports details and events described in the Bible - Statistical analysis showing the improbability that biblical prophecies could have been fulfilled by chance - Passages about the second coming of Jesus Christ and the end times

2. The Gutenberg Bible

3. Gideon New Testament

4. Living Bible

5. All Scripture is breathed out by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be competent,
equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)

6. Caring for the poor
money hope patience creation
lust injustices prayercriticism
leadership sacrifice
generosity
obedience
disciplinesrape
re-marriage
friendship joy disasters
enjoying life
marriage
greed Heaven
faithfulness sex
family
Hell
Handling wealth angels
government
discipleship
parenting
guilt love demons materialism
doubt miracles fears
adultery
rebellion suicide
comparisons
mercy
forgiveness
pride
submission
discontentment
self control
honor divorce
murder hate
fasting
delayed gratificationlying peace

7. 3 Tests of Authenticity
1) Internal Test: Do the Writers of the Bible
Claim Their Writings Are True?

8. For we did not follow cleverly devised myths
when we made known to you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were
eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 1:16 (ESV)

9. 3 Tests of Authenticity
1) Internal Test: Do the Writers of the Bible
Claim Their Writings Are True?
2) External Test: What Does Outside Evidence
Say About the Bible?

10. 3 Tests of Authenticity
1) Internal Test: Do the Writers of the Bible
Claim Their Writings Are True?
2) External Test: What Does Outside Evidence
Say About the Bible?
3) Bibliographic Test: How Well Were the
Original Documents Translated to Today?

11. Copies of Ancient Manuscripts
• Homer’s Iliad 643
• Plato’s Republic 7
• Aristotle 5
• Caesar 10
• New Testament OVER 24,000!

12. Odds of Eight Random Prophecies
Being Fulfilled by One specific Man
• One in ten with seventeen zeroes behind it, OR…
• Mark a silver dollar with an “X” then drop it anywhere
in the state of Texas. Cover the entire state with
identical silver dollars 2 feet deep. Blindfold a man &
ask him to go find the one marked with an X. He can
wander anywhere for as long as he wants. When he
thinks he’s there, reach down and pick up the marked
coin.
• Chance of finding the right coin would be the same as
the eight random prophecies all fulfilled in the life of
Jesus!

14. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven
with a cry of command, with the voice of an
archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then
we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the
Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (ESV)

15. Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white
horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness he judges and makes
war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his
head are many diadems, and he has a name
written that no one knows but himself. He is
clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name
by which he is called is The Word of God. And the
armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and
pure, were following him on white horses.

16. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which
to strike down the nations, and he will rule them
with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of
the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his
robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King
of kings and Lord of lords.
Revelation 19:11-16 (ESV)

17. After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude
that no one could number, from every nation, from
all tribes and peoples and languages, standing
before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in
white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and
crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to
our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

18. And all the angels were standing around the throne
and around the elders and the four living creatures,
and they fell on their faces before the throne and
worshiped God, saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power
and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
Revelation 7:9-12 (ESV)