1. The Bible is historically accurate and archaeology supports many of the people, places and events described. Several ancient historians such as Tacitus wrote about Jesus and early Christians. 2. Science and the Bible are not mutually exclusive. Many scientific discoveries align with passages in the Bible, such as descriptions of the earth's shape and suspension in space, stars, germ theory of disease, and more. 3. Over 300 prophecies in the Old Testament pointed to Jesus and were fulfilled precisely in the New Testament, demonstrating the divine nature of the Bible.

2. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
All Scripture is God-breathed
2 Timothy 3:16 (AMP)
Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration)
2 Timothy 3:16 (CEV)
Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word.
2 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)
All scripture is given by inspiration of God …

3. 1. The Bible is historically accurate

4. TACITUS ANNALS – AD 64
Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and
inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their
abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from
whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during
the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius
Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the
moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the
evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from
every part of the world find their centre and become popular.
Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then,
upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so
much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind.
Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths.

5. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and
perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames
and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had
expired. Nero offered his gardens for the spectacle, and was
exhibiting a show in the circus, while he mingled with the people
in the dress of a charioteer or stood aloft on a car. Hence, even for
criminals who deserved extreme and exemplary punishment, there
arose a feeling of compassion; for it was not, as it seemed, for the
public good, but to glut one man's cruelty, that they were being
destroyed.
(Tactitus, Annals, Book 15,44)

6. 1. The Bible is historically accurate
a. How exact is the text?

7. 1. The Bible is historically accurate
b. Dead Sea Scrolls

8. 1. The Bible is historically accurate
c. Read the Apocrypha
John 21:24-25 (NIV)
25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one
of them were written down, I suppose that even
the whole world would not have room for the
books that would be written.

9. 1. The Bible is historically accurate
d. Archeology

10. Jesus’s tomb opened for the first time in centuries
WORLD NEWS - Sunday 30 October 2016

11. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
a. The Earth is flat
Isaiah 40:22 (NIV)
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and
its people are like grasshoppers.

12. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
b. What holds up the earth?

13. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
b. What holds up the earth?
Job 26:7 (NIV)
He spreads out the northern [skies] over empty
space; he suspends the earth over nothing.

14. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
c. The Stars

15. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
c. The Stars
Jeremiah 33:22 (NIV)
…as countless as the stars of the sky and as
measureless as the sand on the seashore.
Jeremiah 33:22 (AMP)
As the host of [the stars of] the heavens cannot be
numbered nor the sand of the sea be measured

16. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
d. Medicine
Leviticus 17:11 (NIV)
For the life of a creature is in the blood, …

17. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
e. Diseases

18. 2. Science & Bible aren’t mutually exclusive
e. Diseases
Leviticus 13:4 (NIV)
…put the infected person in isolation for seven
days.

19. ‘It’s Okay to Never Wash Your Coffee Mug’
November 3, 2016 By Cari Romm

20. Proverbs 30:5 (NIV)
Every word of God is flawless; ….

21. “Science is simply thinking God’s
thoughts after him.”
Johannes Kepler
Famous German mathematician & astronomer
Died 1630

22. 3. 300 +++ prophecies in the OT point to
Jesus – all fulfilled in the NT.
Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV)
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the
government will be on His shoulders. And He will be
called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His
government and peace there will be no end. He will
reign on David's throne and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it with justice and
righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of
the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

23. Jeremiah 31:31-34 (NIV)
"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their
forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of
Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband
to them," declares the LORD. 33 "This is the covenant I will make
with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I
will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will
be their God, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man
teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,'
because they will all know me, from the least of them to the
greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more."

24. 2 Peter 1:21 (NIV)
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man,
but men spoke from God as they were carried along
by the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 26:56 (NIV)
”But this has all taken place that the writings of the
prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples
deserted him and fled.

25. 4. ONE consistent theme through the
whole Bible
“The difference here is that the Bible is written over
1600 years, by 40 different authors on 3 different
continents, in 3 different languages, and they didn’t
know about each other.”

26. Luke 24:27 (NIV)
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he
explained to them what was said in all the
Scriptures concerning himself.
John 5:39 (NIV)
You diligently study the Scriptures because you
think that by them you possess eternal life. These
are the Scriptures that testify about me,

27. 5. Jesus trusted the Bible
Matthew 5:18 (NIV)
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from
the Law until everything is accomplished.
Luke 11:28 (NIV)
He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the
word of God and obey it."

28. Inconsistencies between OT & NT?
Jesus abolished the sacrificial system of the OT but
upheld the moral law!
KEY
Jesus changed how we worship; not how we live

29. 5. Jesus trusted the Bible
a. Why different versions?
LOVE: Agape | Storge | Eros | Philia
WORD: Rhema | Logos

31. “If you believe in the Bible what you like, and you
don’t believe what you don’t like, it’s not the Bible
you trust, but yourself.”
(Augustine)

32. 6. The Bible has survived all attacks
Matthew 24:35 (NIV)
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will never pass away.”

33. 7. The Bible has changed my life and
millions of others
John 8:31-32 (NIV)
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If
you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will
set you free.“

34. What will be the final
authority for your life?