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Matthew Emadi
- Mar 23, 2017
- 5 min
Why I Trust the Bible (Part 3)
This is part 3 of a series I began several weeks ago. I am on my fifth reason for why I trust the Bible. I am indebted to James White’s excellent book, The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust Modern Translations?, for some of the content of this post. 5. I trust the Bible because of its textual reliability. From the outset, I acknowledge that we do not have the original hand-written manuscripts (autographs) of the prophets and apostles. All we have are copies of copies
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Matthew Emadi
- Feb 28, 2017
- 4 min
Why I Trust the Bible (Part 2)
Picking up where I left off in Part 1, this post is Part 2 in a series of reflections on why I trust the Bible. 4. I trust the Bible because the Bible tells me to. Isn’t this a circular argument? Yes, but every appeal to authority is a circular argument. We cannot escape it. If the Bible is the highest authority because it is the Word of God, then there is no greater authority to which I can appeal to justify my belief in the Bible. Perhaps you have heard someone say: God sai
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Matthew Emadi
- Feb 2, 2017
- 4 min
Why I Trust the Bible (Part 1)
Everyone has a “Bible.” Not everyone has the book containing the old and new testaments that we call the Bible, but everyone has a “Bible.” If by Bible we mean an ultimate source of authority, then everyone has a Bible. Your Bible might be the power of human reason and rationality; it might be your parents; it might be your philosophy teacher; it might be another religious book; it might be the person you see in the mirror, but everyone has an ultimate source of authority. Ev
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