When I’m in LA I love, love to listen to Focus On The Family Christian radio show but, as I discovered through answering my friend's question, the website is an AWESOME resource for so many questions too. Just wanted to pass this resource along for topics on Marriage, Parenting, Life Challenges and Faith.
http://www.focusonthefamily.com
A friend of mine asked me this question so I thought I would share because you may have the same question…
“I am curious about the roll the Bible plays in other religions. How many times has the Bible been rewritten?”
I wasn’t sure what the answer to the question was so I forwarded the question to our Pastor and this was his answer…
“Although there are many translations, we believe the bible is infallible and inerrant in the original text.”
“When the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, (which we saw at Qumran) they were very ancient original documents of quite a bit of the Old Testament. We know therefore that the OT is the same as originally written, it hasn't been altered, edited or revised as to content. Where variations in ancient manuscripts appear, they are type-o's in a sense as guys were hand copying... But, the vast majority of manuscripts (Textus Receptus) are in complete agreement.
The New Testament, we know again as being accurate because there are many original copies of some of the Books still in existence. That is, actual documents from the 1st thru the 5th centuries...”
Check out this article on Focus on the Family website...
Pastor Steve didn’t answer “the roll the Bible plays in other religions but, if you go onto the website there is a topic for “Christian Worldview” and that provides a really good overview of Christianity and the world today. Christianity is based solely on what the Bible tells us. Any religion that has deletions or additions to the Holy Scriptures of the Old or New Testaments would not be considered "Christian."
Blessings,
Sian
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