The Bible was written over 1600 years by over 40 authors from various backgrounds. It is composed of the Old Testament, written originally in Hebrew and Aramaic, and the New Testament, written originally in Greek. The Bible has been meticulously copied and translated into hundreds of languages to ensure its accurate transmission and widespread availability despite efforts by some to suppress or destroy it. It remains the world's best-selling book of all time.
All about the bible, how it was put together, why certain books were left out, how do we know that it\'s divine, what about the Da Vinci Code, dealing with "contradictions", etc.
All about the bible, how it was put together, why certain books were left out, how do we know that it\'s divine, what about the Da Vinci Code, dealing with "contradictions", etc.
In talking about the humanity of Christ we must not rely on our reason alone rather we look in the eyes of faith so that we may see the truth clearly. On the other hand, we cannot separate the reason and faith for they must go hand in hand.
As St. Augustine says, faith seeks understanding. Moreover, scripture presents to us the evidences to prove the humanity of Christ. This will be our guide to have an idea on the life of Christ. In addition, the truth by which our early fathers of the church passed on to us will be part of this topic. The error of the teaching of some early Christians will also be included.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "The Biblical Principles Of Giving" sermon at New Life Christian Church on September 15, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Effective Bible Study)roberthatfield
While reading the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible say?," interpreting the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible mean by what it says?"
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "The Doctrine of Christ" sermon at New Life Christian Church on July 6, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Improper bible reading gives up on the bible too easily, focuses too much on acquiring knowledge, and promotes pride. Proper bible reading, on the other hand, transforms you: it leads to worship, good works, and stronger faith. Be transformed by reading the bible, making a plan to minister, and taking action.
In talking about the humanity of Christ we must not rely on our reason alone rather we look in the eyes of faith so that we may see the truth clearly. On the other hand, we cannot separate the reason and faith for they must go hand in hand.
As St. Augustine says, faith seeks understanding. Moreover, scripture presents to us the evidences to prove the humanity of Christ. This will be our guide to have an idea on the life of Christ. In addition, the truth by which our early fathers of the church passed on to us will be part of this topic. The error of the teaching of some early Christians will also be included.
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "The Biblical Principles Of Giving" sermon at New Life Christian Church on September 15, 2013. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Effective Bible Study)roberthatfield
While reading the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible say?," interpreting the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible mean by what it says?"
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
Pastor Elio Marrocco's "The Doctrine of Christ" sermon at New Life Christian Church on July 6, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca
Improper bible reading gives up on the bible too easily, focuses too much on acquiring knowledge, and promotes pride. Proper bible reading, on the other hand, transforms you: it leads to worship, good works, and stronger faith. Be transformed by reading the bible, making a plan to minister, and taking action.
The bible has proven to be an integrated message system written by more than 40 authors over more than 1500 years and contains information and predictions that can only come from a Divine Being. The Bible says it is from God and proves it by many accurate predictions of events and people. Therefore it is the most important book that can ever be read.
Phillip Keen (Kirby Institute) discusses the successes and challenges of community-based HIV testing.
This presentation was given at the AFAO National HIV Forum, 17 October 2014.
1st weeks teaching is here! This week we saw verses describing what it means to follow Jesus. In this teaching I have merely compiled all of them into one simple presentation. Easy to read and very helpful. Enjoy the lesson!
Bible Alive Jesus Christ 004: "Historical Facts & Resurrection Faith"BibleAlive
Learn seven key points about the death and resurrection of Jesus. Know the theories that deny the resurrection. Find out about other interpretations of the Resurrection—was it a historical fact like any other? Where does the resurrection “fit” and what does it mean? What does it mean to encounter the Risen Christ? What two extremes are we to avoid? Learn about the credibility of the Resurrection and the three ways it changed the nature of the universe.
Students learn how to take good notes while reading both fiction and non fiction. Using proven techniques like the Frayer Model, Reciprocal Teaching, and thinking out loud, students learn how to organize, listen, increase vocabulary, stratgize and see cause and effect.
These slides are part of more than 350 slides making up an eight-hour presentation on God's providence in preserving his word for English speaking people. PowerPoint or Keynote slides are available through www.wayoflife.org.
MANAGE YOUR PRIORITIES
80% of the time -work where you are strongest
15%of the time-work you are learning
5%%of the time-work in other necessaries.
If you want to influence others, you must always lead yourself first. If you can't you have no credibility. The better you are at making sure you're doing what you should be doing, the better change you have for making an impact on others and being successful
A good leader is someone who leads his people in the time of hardship. But a great leader is someone who sees the future of this team where they are going and know how they achieve their goals.
The Bible has been translated into English a number of times, in 1380 John Wiclif, aka "The Morning Star of the Reformation" who was the first to translate the entire Bible into English. But, he did it using the Latin Vulgate.
Tyndale in 1534, Cranmer in 1539, Geneva in 1557, the Puritan Bible, written by William Whittingham & Anthony Gilby, this Bible which the Queen Mary of England did NOT want translated into English had margins with over 300,000 notes to help in the understanding of the scriptures. This Bible was printed from 1560-1644.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
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2. Do you know that the Bible we read today didn’t come to existence over a night. Generations of people contributed their labor, knowledge and even life. Let me share with you the life story of the Holy Bible…,
3. The Bible was written by more than 40 authors from different backgrounds, over a period of 1600 years. (Approximately 1500 B.C 100 A.D) Yet the Bible is infallible for the authors were inspired by God. Among the authors were…,
4. Paul an Apostle and a Jewish Rabbi wrote sections of the Bible which are known as Pauline epistles. The Apostles and Jewish Rabbis…,
5. Luke the author of the book of Acts was a professional Physician. Physicians…,
6. Great Kings…, King David penned Psalms, King Solomon wrote Song of Songs, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
10. Contains 39 books. They are placed under different categories according to their content. Category name Books placed under the category Pentateuch/The Law Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. History Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. Poetry & wisdom Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs of Solomon. Major Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel. Minor Prophets Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
11. A tip to remember… Inter-Testament period You don’t see a gap between ‘Malachi’ the last book of OT and ‘Gospel of Matthew’ the first book of NT. However do you know a silent period of 400 years exists between the book of Malachi and the Gospel of Matthew? God did not communicate with humans during this long period.
13. Contains 27 books. They are placed under different categories according to their content. Category name Books placed under the category The Gospels and Acts Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts. Pauline epistles Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians,, Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians, I Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon. General Epistles and Revelation Hebrews, James, I Peter, II Peter, I John, II John, III John, Jude, Revelation.
14. Before the ‘Printing Press’ was invented, the Bible was copied by hand. It was copied very accurately, by special scribes who developed intricate methods to ensure that no errors had been made.
15. The Gutenberg Bible…, The Bible is the first book ever printed. It was printed by Johann Gutenberg from Germany in year 1455. Therefore it was called the Gutenberg Bible (Shown in the background).
16. Ancient manuscripts of the Bible The 1 st discovery This was between 1629 and 1947.Serveral of the oldest copies of the Bible were found. Codex Alexandrinus This was between 1629 and 1947.Serveral of the oldest copies of the Bible were found. Codex Sinaiticus (Earliest complete copy of the NT copied in AD 350) is found in St. Catherine’s monastery near mount Sinai Codex Vaticanus (The Earliest and probably best copy known of the NT from AD 325) It was released to scholars in 1889 by the Vatican library. These manuscripts plays a major role in translation work and scholarly studies. Lets take look at the ancient manuscripts discovered so far.
17. The fragment of a scroll found from the cave. One of the Qumran caves Ancient manuscripts: The Dead sea scrolls…, The oldest manuscripts of the Bible, found so far. They were discovered between 1947-1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the north west shore of the dead sea. These scrolls mostly in parchments date back to 150BC to 70CE. Among them scroll of Isaiah is the most popular segment. The text perfectly matched When the modern copies of the Hebrew Bible was compared against the text in the scrolls. Which indicates the accuracy of scribes who copied the text.
18. The Bible is the book with the highest number of translations. Let’s take a look at the major translations and their contributors. The earliest translations were done between AD 200-300. However these were not in English. They were available in, 1. Latin 2. Coptic (Egypt) 3. Syriac (Syria) Major translations Early Coptic translation
19. A tip to remember The Apocrypha. These books were omitted from the Bible, as they are not inspired by God. 1 Esdras 2 Esdras Tobit Judith 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Ecclesiasticus The Rest of Esther The Apocrypha continued…, The Wisdom of Solomon Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremiah The Song of the Three Holy Children The History of Susanna Bel and the Dragon The Prayer of Manasses
20. A tip to remember: Canonicity… Canonicity is a kind of measuring rod used to determine whether or not a book of the Bible is truly inspired by God? The checklist used by the canonicity is shown below. 1. APOSTOLOCITY: Was it written by an apostle or his amanuensis (secretary)? 2. RECEPTION: Was it accepted by the early church fathers? 3. CONSISTENCY: Does it agree with the teachings of Christ and known Scripture? 4. AUTHENTICITY: Is it factual and historic?
21. Major translations: Latin Vulgate Jerome started translating scripture into Latin in AD 410 and finished 25 years later. This version was called the Latin Vulgate.
22. Major translations: Wycliffe Bible This is the First English Bible. Translated from Latin in 1382, and is called ‘The Wycliffe Bible’ in honor of priest and Oxford scholar John Wycliffe. Wycliffe always wanted the common people to read the Bible. This Bible was banned and burned. 40 years after Wycliffe’s death, his bones were exhumed and burnt for heresy.
23. Major translations: Martin Luther’s work Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic Monk translated the New Testament in to German in 1522.
24. Major translations: Translation by William Tyndale…, William Tyndale is called the ‘father of the English Bible’ because his translations has laid the foundation to the King James version. He was a priest and a scholar. In 1525, translated the NT from Greek to English (without the king’s approval). Therefore he moved to Germany and smuggled printed Bibles into England from there. In 1536 he was strangled and burnt at the stake. His last words were ‘Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.
25. Major translations: The Coverdale Bible This translation was done by Miles Coverdale in year 1535 and dedicated to Anne Boleyn one of King Henry VIII’s wives. This is the first complete Bible to be printed in English.
26. Major translations: The Matthew’s Bible John Rogers did this translation under the pen name Thomas Matthew. It was the first Bible published with King’s permission (1537). Printed just one year after Tyndale’s death. It’s New Testament relied heavily on Tyndale’s work, and even has a tribute to him on the last page of the Old Testament. Tyndale’s initials were printed in 2 ½ inch block letters. Later Thomas Cromwell the advisor to king Henry VIII entrusted Coverdale to revise Matthew’s Bible to make the Great Bible. (In 1539 the Great Bible was placed in every church by the order of Thomas Cranmer Arch Bishop under King Henry VIII. It was chained to the church pillars to discourage theft.) Tyndale’s initials John Rogers
27. Major translations: The Geneva and the Bishop’s Bibles Queen Mary ( People called her ‘Bloody Mary’) The Protestants who flee to Switzerland due to Queen Mary’s severe persecution against Protestants (Thomas Cranmer and John Rogers were burned at the stake.), published the Geneva Bible in year 1560. It was a complete revision of the Great Bible with Old Testament translated from original Hebrew. The Bishop’s: It was a new translation began under Queen Elizabeth in 1568. It was translated by Bishops from the church of England as an answer to the Geneva Bible. A page from the Geneva Bible
28. Major translations: King James Version This translation was carried out by 6 (a total of 54 individuals) teams of scholars under the commission of King James I of England (Left hand side). They used the Tyndale’s and Bishop’s Bibles and early Hebrew and Greek manuscripts as well. It was completed in 1611 (a page from 1611 version is shown above), and was called the authorized version as well, though the king never gave his royal permission for the new translation. It was revised several times. The edition we use today was revised in 1769. It remained the most popular Bible for more than 300 years.
29. Modern Translations The knowledge received form newly discovered old manuscripts has led to hundreds of new translations. Year Translation Description 1885 The English Revised version A British revision of the KJV Bible 1901 American Standard version (ASV) Revision of KJV in American English 1926 Moffatt Bible A very popular modern language version 1931 Smith-Goodspeed, An American translation. Uses modern American English 1952 The Revised Standard version (RSV) A revised version of ASV. It’s NT was revised in 1971 1958 J.B. Philips’ NT in modern English A paraphrase originally made for youth 1965 The Amplified Bible Uses word-to-word ASV with added words to communicate insights on original text. 1966 The Jerusalem Bible Translated by RC scholars. New Jerusalem Bible in 1985 1970 New English Bible Timeless modern English. Revised in 1989 1970 New American Bible (NAB) Official version of Catholic’s. Revised its NT in 1986 1971 New American Standard Bible Literal word for word translation. Updated in 1995 1971 The Living Bible Popular paraphrase 1976 The Good News Bible (Today’s English version) Vernacular English translation
30. Modern Translations The knowledge received form newly discovered old manuscripts has led to hundreds of new translations. Year Translation Description 1978 New International version Dignified, readable 1982 New King James version Modernized version of KJV (Same manuscripts were used) 1989 Jewish New Testament English translation using traditional Jewish expressions 1989 New Revised Standard version ‘ Gender neutral’ version of the RSV 1991 Contemporary English version Natural, uncomplicated English 1995 God’s Word Contemporary English 1996 New Living Translation A revision of The Living Bible to make it a translation 1996 New International Readers version (NIRV) A simplified version of NIV with 3 rd or 4 th grade reading level. 2001 English Standard version (ESV) Literal update of the RSV 2001 Today’s New International version (TNIV) (New Testament) A modernized version of the NIV 2002 The Message (MSG) A paraphrase from the original languages 2004 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Balanced between word for word and thought for thought
31. The End www.virtualpreacher.org Jesus said, ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away…’ Matthew 24:35-36) Some people attempted to keep the world from reading the Bible. Others made efforts to destroy it forever. Yet centuries after it has become the book with the highest selling rate.