Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: IS THE BIBLE TRUE?
People who regard themselves as Christians yet pay little or no attention to the Bible are getting their direction in life from somewhere else. It's coming from their church's doctrine and tradition, and from priests; It's coming from what their pastor tells them in his own "inspired" sermons, or from what other Christians tell them, or worst of all, it's coming from their own idea of what's right or wrong.
When you hear people make claims such as "Jesus Christ never existed" you find yourself being challenged. You've been a professing believer for X years, you go to church, you shape your life at least loosely around what you claim to believe, but you've never taken the trouble to find or memorize hard historical or archaeological evidence to back up your faith. With an awareness of this common failing in the back of my mind I recently benefitted from a podcast produced by the Associates for Biblical Research, titled, "Jesus Outside the Bible - The Top Ten Historical References" (
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 