Saturday, January 16, 2010

Bible History - Questions to be Answered (Part 1)

  • Who decided which books to include in and exclude from the Bible we have today?
  • What was decided at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD?
  • What translations do we have today?
  • How accurate is the Bible as we have it today versus the original documents?
  • What is the history of the written Bible?
  • What other books or epistles (letters) are not included today as scripture?
  • What books did Jesus endorse as true scripture?
  • What books did Paul endorse as true scripture?
  • What books did John endorse as true scripture?
  • What books did Peter endorse as true scripture?
  • What books did Luke endorse as true scripture?
  • What books did Moses say belonged in the Torah?
  • What did the Psalms say about the scriptures?
  • What did Isaiah say about the scriptures?
  • What did Ezra
    the prophet     have to say about the Word of God?
  • What is "God-breathed" ("theopneustos") in 2 Timothy 3:16 mean? What was Paul referring to when he said ALL scripture is "God-breathed"?
  • Source of each book?
  • What did the second generation of church leaders say (the "early church fathers") and who were they?
  • Is the Bible we have today reliable?
  • What are the: Torah, Talmud, Tanach, Targums?
  • What is the history of the Roman church?
  • Is the Roman Catholic church (and the pope) the ultimate source of truth?
  • Did the Roman Catholic church decide scriptures were to be included and which ones to exclude?
  • What groups of Christians battled for supremacy in the early church?
  • What is the history of the "Reformation"?
  • Does archeology support the Bible?
  • What does the word "canon" mean?
  • The Apocrypha:
  • What is the Septuagint (LXX)?
  • Is the Jewish Old Testament different from the Protestant and Catholic Bibles?
  • What is the source of the "Christian" holidays?
  • What is the source of the Roman Catholic "saints"?
  • What missing or lost books are mentioned in or quoted in the Bible?
  • What light to the Dead Sea Scrolls Shed on these questions?
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Bible studies are held in Oakbay subdivision in Noblesville, Indiana. In-person Sunday studies have been eliminated because of COVID-19 concerns. Wednesday studies at 7:00 pm led by Don Terry via Zoom - presently studying the Book of Acts from a dispensationalist viewpoint. Bi-monthly Wednesday’s women’s studies at 7:00 pm led by Carolyn Terry via Zoom - presently studying Paul’s second letter to Timothy - and his last writing. You can see several of our present and past studies but we covered many other subjects before starting this blog. The goal of these studies is to bring each of us to know Christ better (epignosis) and then to “press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” as mentioned by Paul in Philippians 3:14 and to hear Jesus’ “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”. Dedicated to the memory of Don & Carolyn Terry’s daughter, DJ (Dorothy Jean) Terry, who went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ in 1999 at 20 years old.