Can I Really Trustthe Bible?

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Sacred Texts• The Vedas• The Sutras• Koran

• Torah• Bible

Psalm 119:98 (NIV)

Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

1 John 4:8 (NIV)

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Christian Influence of Western Culture

• Tradition of Philanthropy• Recurring Reform Movements• Education / Universities• Modern Science• Human Dignity & Rights

John 14:6-7 (NIV)

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well.”

Romans 8:6 (NIV)

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Can I Really Trustthe Bible?