Impact Hour. May 1, 2016

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1 Impact Hour May 1, 2016

2 Why People Don t Believe: 1. The Power of Religion 2. Reason To Fear 3. Religion and Violence: A Closer Look 4. Is Christianity Irrational and Devoid of Evidence? 5. Is Christianity Anti-Scientific? 6. Is Biblical Morality Appalling? 7. Living the Way Jesus Calls Us to Live 8. Christianity s Gifts to the World 9. Is There a Way Forward? True Religion

3 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Part 1: Examining the Record Part 2: Analyzing Jesus Part 3: Researching the Resurrection Conclusion List of Citations Notes Index

4 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Part 1: Examining the Record The Eyewitness Evidence Testing the Eyewitness Evidence The Documentary Evidence The Corroborating Evidence The Scientific Evidence The Rebuttal Evidence

5 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Chapter 2: Testing the Eyewitness evidence Cross Examination 1) The Intention Test 2) The Ability Test 3) The Character Test 4) The Consistency Test 5) The Bias Test 6) The Cover-Up Test 7) The Corroboration Test 8) The Adverse Witness Test

6 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Chapter 2: Testing the Eyewitness Evidence Cross Examination 7) The Corroboration Test Can the people, places and events in the gospels be independently verified?

7 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Chapter 2: Testing the Eyewitness Evidence Cross Examination 8) The Adverse Witness Test Are there contemporaries of Jesus who would have contradicted or corrected the gospels if they had been distorted or false?

8 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Chapter 2: Testing the Eyewitness Evidence 1) The Intention Test 2) The Ability Test 3) The Character Test 4) The Consistency Test 5) The Bias Test 6) The Cover-Up Test 7) The Corroboration Test 8) The Adverse Witness Test

9 The Case for Christ Lee Strobel Part 1: Examining the Record The Eyewitness Evidence Testing the Eyewitness Evidence The Documentary Evidence The Corroborating Evidence The Scientific Evidence The Rebuttal Evidence

10 Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek Introduction to the Apocrypha List of Words Occuring Frequently in the Coptic New Testament The Oxford Concise Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible Chapters in the History of New Testament Textual Criticism. New Testament Tools and Studies The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, And Restoration The New Testament: Its Background, Growth and Content Historical and Literary Studies: Pagan, Jewish, and Christian The Early Versions of the New Testament: Their Origin, Transmission, and Limitations New Testament Studies: Philological, Versional, and Patristic Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Palaeography The Reader's Bible: condensed from the Revised Standard Version Old and New Testaments The Making of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible The Oxford Companion to the Bible Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: a companion volume to the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance Reminiscences of an Octogenarian Breaking the Code: Understanding the Book of Revelation Greek New Testament. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible The Bible in Translation, Ancient and English Versions The Oxford Essential Guide to Ideas and Issues of the Bible The New Testament: Its Background, Growth and Content The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, And Restoration Apostolic Letters of Faith, Hope, and Love: Galatians, 1 Peter, and 1 John

11 How can we be sure the biographies of Jesus were handed down to us in a reliable way?

12 Author: Tacitus Books 1-6 Annals of Imperial Rome (c.116ad) Books Books 7-10

13 Author: Tacitus Annals of Imperial Rome (c.116ad) Books surviving manuscript From about 850AD Books Books 7-10

14 Author: Tacitus Annals of Imperial Rome (c.116ad) Books surviving manuscript From about 850AD Books surviving manuscript From the 11 th century Books 7-10

15 Author: Tacitus Annals of Imperial Rome (c.116ad) Books surviving manuscript From about 850AD Books surviving manuscript From the 11 th century Books 7-10 (LOST) No surviving manuscripts

16 The Jewish War (1 st Century) Author: Josephus 9 Greek manuscripts (10 th, 11 th and 12 th centuries) 1 Latin manuscript (4 th century) Russian materials (from the 11 th or 12 th centuries)

17 The New Testament

18 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament

19 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament Dating to within a few generations of the writing

20 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament Dating to within a few generations of the writing Also in Latin, Syraic and Coptic

21 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament Dating to within a few generations of the writing Also in Latin, Syraic and Coptic Secondary translations in Armenian, Gothic, Georgian, and Ethiopian

22 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament Dating to within a few generations of the writing Also in Latin, Syraic and Coptic Secondary translations in Armenian, Gothic, Georgian, and Ethiopian Quotations from the New Testament in commentaries, sermons and letters

23 MORE THAN 5000 in Greek The New Testament Dating to within a few generations of the writing Also in Latin, Syraic and Coptic Secondary translations in Armenian, Gothic, Georgian, and Ethiopian Quotations from the New Testament in commentaries, sermons and letters

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