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Living and Dying for the Name

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Have you thought about the cost of following Jesus? Do you think it is going to be all happy, clappy from the moment you accept Him into your life? Is He going to give you your best life now?

On the YouTube channel, Straight Truth Podcast, Dr. Richard Caldwell talks about the ultimate cost of bearing the name Christian or Christ Follower. We just need to look what is happening most recently in Nigeria as many Christians are being persecuted and slain for their faith.

Listen to Dr. Caldwell share the biblical good news for those of who are persevering in their faith as they continue to glorify God even in persecution.

The Bible–Trustworthy or…

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Robert Watson presents “Can We Trust the Bible?” and delivers a moving and informational sermon on the many reasons we can know the Bible is worthy of our trust.

If any of you like facts, you will be pleased to know Robert gives the listener some solid numbers and examples to prove his point. He tells us that one of the reasons to trust the Bible is the number of manuscripts we’ve found of the Bible as compared to the number of other ancient manuscripts found from archaeological sources.

According to Robert’s numbers:

–Plato’s, “The Republic” only has seven copies, with 1,300 years between the original and the oldest copy.

–Caesar’s “Gallic Wars” has ten copies and 1,000 years between the original and the oldest copy.

–Homer’s “Iliad” has some better numbers at 400 years between original and the oldest copy with 643 copies found.  

Now, astonishingly—the New Testament of the Bible has 28,000 manuscripts found with only 25 years between the original and the oldest copy. Yet, the secular world will believe the truth of these other ancient works and question the reliability of our Bible.

Click on the video to hear Robert give other reasons to believe why we can completely trust the Bible and that God has preserved it generation after generation.  

Tangible Evidence for Our Christian Faith: A List of 10 Biblical-Archaeological Discoveries

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While archaeology alone cannot prove without a doubt that Christianity is true and real, it adds a huge layer of evidence that points out that our faith is not without justification. Dr. Jeremiah Johnston visits Pastor Allen Parr on his YouTube channel, “The Beat” and they discuss some very interesting artifacts or discoveries that help confirm the veracity of Christianity and the Bible. Dr Johnston says, “Christianity is verifiable, it’s testable, and you can see the great evidence.” He adds, “Christianity is faith in evidence not a celebration of lack of evidence to believe.”

Allen concurs that there is “tangible, credible evidence why we believe what we believe.”

In this fun and easy-to-understand presentation, Dr. Johnston lays out his list of 10 biblical archaeological discoveries that he deems very important to help us fasten our Christian belief to something other than our personal “feelings” about Christianity.

Keep watching to the end…you may be surprised at the tenth entry on this list!