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Fall 2008
"Why We Believe the Bible: The Rationality of Trusting the Scriptures"
Why do we believe what the Bible says? What sets it apart from any other holy book? Is it enough just to say, "Well, this is the book they gave me when I got baptized, so this is one I read?" We don't think so. If we are going to stake our lives on this book, then we should be making sure that our confidence in its trustworthiness is rock solid. To that end, for the next five weeks we will be putting the Bible on trial and asking it to show us why it should be believed, in hopes that the Bible wouldn't just be the book we "happen to read" because we're Christians, but that we would come to view it as the only reliable guide to life, joy and human flourishing.

11/10: Why Are We Concerned With the Bible?
Audio, Class notes

11/17: Which Books Make Up the Bible and Why? Do We Have the Original Words that the Prophets and Apostles Wrote?
Audio, Class notes

11/24: What Does the Bible Claim for Itself?
Audio, Class notes

12/1: No Class

12/8: Class Cancelled

12/15: How Can We Justify the Claims the Bible Makes About Itself?
Audio, Class notes (Audio missing - check back in a day or two!)

12/22: What Is the Nature of the Authority of the Bible? (i.e. inerrancy, infallibility, etc.)
Audio, Class notes (Audio missing - check back in a day or two!)

12/29-2/9: Winter Break - Keystone will resume with Connections in February

Suggested Reading for "Why We Believe the Bible":
There is no outside reading required for Keystone seminars. The following material is offered simply as a resource for men who wish to pursue the topic in more depth and enrich the conversation at Keystone with their reading.