We take the word of men every day. Then the Bible speaks, and suddenly we need more proof.
We believe history books about battles we never witnessed, written by men we never met, published by companies we could not name — and we call that education. We accept birth certificates, court records, medical charts, and family stories nobody alive can confirm. But let the Word of God open its mouth about creation, the flood, the cross, or the empty tomb, and every man in the room becomes a scholar.
That is not skepticism. Skepticism is a standard applied evenly. That is a double standard — and Scripture calls a false balance an abomination.
The same weights for every book on the shelf.
This book puts the Bible on the scales with the same four tests every historian on earth uses: eyewitness testimony, manuscript evidence, archaeology, and hostile witnesses. You will meet the Hittites that scholars called a biblical invention until an entire empire came out of the ground in Turkey. The king Isaiah named who was missing from every history book until his palace was unearthed in Iraq. The enemy monument that names the house of David. The Assyrian prism that boasts of forty-six captured cities and never once claims Jerusalem. And where the evidence is honestly disputed, this book says so — because a man who admits the weak part of his case gets listened to on the strong part.
Then it hands you the work.
Forty-one chapters carry you from the evidence to the practice of defending the faith:
Written for pastors, teachers, parents, chaplains, and everyday believers who are tired of saying, "I'm not sure."
Includes a 41-week study schedule for classes and small groups, answers to fourteen common objections, a museum guide to the evidence, a field guide for conversations, and a thirty-day plan to get ready.
The time has come to put the Bible first.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - We take the word of men every day. Then the Bible speaks, and suddenly we need more proof.We believe history books about battles we never witnessed, written by men we never met, published by companies we could not name - and we call that education. We accept birth certificates, court records, medical charts, and family stories nobody alive can confirm. But let the Word of God open its mouth about creation, the flood, the cross, or the empty tomb, and every man in the room becomes a scholar.That is not skepticism. Skepticism is a standard applied evenly. That is a double standard - and Scripture calls a false balance an abomination.The same weights for every book on the shelf.This book puts the Bible on the scales with the same four tests every historian on earth uses: eyewitness testimony, manuscript evidence, archaeology, and hostile witnesses. You will meet the Hittites that scholars called a biblical invention until an entire empire came out of the ground in Turkey. The king Isaiah named who was missing from every history book until his palace was unearthed in Iraq. The enemy monument that names the house of David. The Assyrian prism that boasts of forty-six captured cities and never once claims Jerusalem. And where the evidence is honestly disputed, this book says so - because a man who admits the weak part of his case gets listened to on the strong part.Then it hands you the work.Forty-one chapters carry you from the evidence to the practice of defending the faith: - What apologetics is, and the command in 1 Peter 3:15 that lays it on every believer- How to ask before you answer, and how to find the question underneath the question- The case for God, and the case for the resurrection, in plain words- How to work a supposed contradiction without fear- Science and Genesis, suffering and hell, and the other faiths- How to recognize a wound wearing the clothes of an argument- How to get to the cross without ever stopping short of the gospel- Chapters written for the pastor's study, the hospital hallway and the jail, the youth room, the kitchen table, the job site, and the roadWritten for pastors, teachers, parents, chaplains, and everyday believers who are tired of saying, 'I'm not sure.'Includes a 41-week study schedule for classes and small groups, answers to fourteen common objections, a museum guide to the evidence, a field guide for conversations, and a thirty-day plan to get ready.The time has come to put the Bible first. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798191796857
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