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April 30, 2025 26 mins

In this program, Chip asks: Is it intellectually feasible to believe that a collection of sixty-six manuscripts, by forty different authors, written in three languages, over a period of fifteen hundred years could actually be the very words of God? If you’ve ever struggled with questions about the authenticity and integrity of the Bible, what Chip shares will be a great encouragement.

Main Points

Five plaguing questions about the Bible:
  1. Is the Bible the word of men or the very words of God?
  2. Is the Bible full of myths, legends, and fairytales, or is it historically reliable?
  3. Is all of the Bible true and trustworthy or only portions of it?
  4. Can a Bible that has been translated so many times, for so many hundreds of years, really be accurate?
  5. What makes the Bible so different from all other religious writings and their claims to truth?
7 Reasons why I believe in the Bible:
  1. ARCHEOLOGY – The Bible is a historically accurate document.
  2. REVELATION – The Bible claims to infallibly reveal the very words and mind of God.
  3. ORIGIN – The Bible is unique. Its origin, structure, and unity argue for a supernatural authorship.
  4. JESUS – believed the Old Testament to be the very Words of God and predicted the New Testament to be likewise.
  5. PROPHECY – sets the Bible apart from all other Religions.
  6. TRANSMISSION – The Bible’s purityand perseverance throughout the centuries is nothing short of miraculous.
  7. IMPACT – The Bible’s power to transform lives is overwhelming.

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About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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