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What do you believe about the Bible?


What do you believe about the Bible? How would you answer this question?

● Some would say that “the Bible is the inerrant and infallible word of God.”

● Others would say “the Bible is a fiction book.”

Both of those answers are wrong!

The correct response is – Which Bible?

These are the facts:

(1) Over the past 1,900 years there have been a number of different books called “The Bible.”

(2) During that period there have been a number of different beliefs about those books.

Since we are now living in the Information Age and have more knowledge available to us than any group of humans that have ever lived, shouldn’t it be our responsibility to examine beliefs like this that affect so many lives? We created a guideline to remind us of this responsibility and help us do it.

My beliefs will be large enough to include all facts,
open enough to be examined,
and flexible enough to change if errors or new facts are discovered.

Those of us with Christian Biblical Heritages have an obligation to make transparency an important part of discussions about our history and ask others to be just as transparent about their religious heritages – if we want to move past the belief barriers that are dividing us today.

The purpose of this blog is to provide you with facts about the history of the New Testament. When you go to the page linked below, examine the table that provides lists of books that different groups of Christians considered Christian Scriptures. Be sure to note the changes that took place over a 300 year period as books were added and removed by different groups of Christians. Click on the link below to go the page:

New Testaments

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Jim Myers

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