Week Fifty Three - March 16, 2013 Steve's Bible Study
Does the Apocrypha belong in the Bible? Is baptismal salvation a 'different gospel?
Is there evidence for the resurrection of Jesus? (Part 3)
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[Luke 11:49-51; 24:27,44-45; John 19:28-37; 20:1-10; 2 Timothy 1:5-10; 3:13-17; 4:6-7]
 
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CORRECTION: We are to be noble-minded like the BEREANS (Acts 17:11) - not the Thessalonians.
"WHY" Biblical Christianity?

Scripture

- written 'Inspired' (God-breathed) revelation by God to mankind

TaNaKh

- Hebrew & Aramaic Scriptures
- Torah, Prophets, Writings
- Canonical, authoritative, & historically / theologically accurate

Apocrypha
"hidden, spurious"

- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Tobit, Wisdom, Judith, Baruch,
  1 & 2 Maccabees, "additions to Daniel", "additions to Esther"

Baptismal
Salvation

- "Unless one is born of water & the spirit he cannot enter the   kingdom of God"
Explanations for Jesus' life, death & resurrection

- Jesus never Existed
- "Swoon Theory" - Jesus didn't die, but fainted
- "Stolen body Theory"
- Apostles went to the wrong tomb/tomb wasn't empty
- Apostles hallucinated / made it up
- Jesus rose from the dead
  - 1st witnesses - women
- Conversion of Paul & James & Jude
- the disciples: cowards to martyrs
- The Bible is true!!!