What the Bible is
What is the best selling book of all time?
The Bible
Revelation means bringing _________ things to the ____________.
Dark. Light.
Is one hundred percent certainty necessary for knowledge?
No
A(n) _____________ truth claim makes a claim of fact about the personal beliefs of an individual.
subjective
Christians claim that the Bible is _____________________ which means the God used the Biblical writers to communicate exactly what He wanted and yet did so without overriding their personalities.
Divinely Inspired
The Bible is comprised of _____ books and written over approximately 1,500 years by around ______ different authors.
66. 40.
General revelation
Justified
A(n) ___________ truth claim makes a claim of fact about the independent world.
objective
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness."
2 Timothy 3:16
The Bible is most accurately described as a story about God and what _________________________.
He has done.
God revealing Himself through the Bible, the person of Jesus, and prophecy.
Special revelation
Christians believe that through ______________ God has revealed aspects of Himself that everyone can know.
The fact that something corresponds to __________ is what makes a belief, thought, or statement true.
reality
Our recognition of the Bible's __________ does not affect the Bible's inherent possession of ____________
authority
inerrant
A saving knowledge of Christ comes only through which type of revelation?
Special revelation
You must believe it
The belief you hold must be ___________
The true belief must be justified or supported by adequate evidence
true
The belief that truth, knowledge, and morality are relative to the individual, society, or historical context
Relativism
The ___________________________ helped to demonstrate that scribes have accurately copied biblical texts over time.
Dead Sea Scrolls
It is most accurate to say the Bible _____________ God's word.
IS
The origin of the Christian religion is found in ________.
Revelation, not evolution.
______________ is the philosophical belief that all knowledge comes solely through the scientific method
Scientism
A _______________________ truth claim is a statement that attempts to affirm two opposite propositions at the same time and in the same sense.
self-refuting truth claim
Although there have been some errors in the _____________ of the Bible, the essential doctrines of the faith have been transmitted reliably.
Transmission