SHIP November

We tried something new at SHIP
we have a phone and we wanted to see if people would text us

 

The other new thing was

 to see if there would be interest to go on a mission trip

 

 

kind of new, from being away, Angie was back

 

 

There are a lot of young people staying for fellowship

at the coffee house

 

 

This was our subject:

 

 

one of the questions was the reliability of the bible

here is one answer to that question:

 

Some critics doubt that we even have the original New Testament. This issue can only be settled by using bibliographical tests for reliability,

 . Compare to other great works (MSS = manuscripts):

Author	Date Written	Earliest MSS	Time Span	No. MSS
Caesar	100–44 BC	AD 900	1,000 yrs	10
Plato	427–347 BC	AD 900	1,200 yrs	7
Thucydides	460–400 BC	AD 900	1,300 yrs	8
Tacitus	AD 100	AD 1100	1,000 yrs	20
Suetonius	AD 75–160	AD 950	800 yrs	8
Homer (Iliad)	900 BC	400 BC	500 yrs	643
New Testament	AD 40–100	AD 125	25–50 yrs	>24,000!

“The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no-one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt.

so, why don't you start reading?
read through the whole book or read the gospels for a year
January: Matthew, February: Mark, March Luke, April: John, May: Matthew