Is the Bible True?

Articles About Is the Bible True?

• Truth + Fable = Lies

  God claims to be the source of truth. The idea of absolute truth and morality is offensive to many people today, but we must be proclaimers of truth!

• Magazine Department Article

  5 Reasons to Trust God‘s Word

  

  April 1, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  How do we know the Bible is true? Consider these five reasons to trust God’s Word from the very first verse.

• Did Peter Write 2 Peter?

  

  Jan. 26, 2023

  Arguing for the authenticity of the most-contested New Testament book

• In-Depth Article

  How Old-Earth Inerrantists Are Unintentionally Undermining Inerrancy

  

  April 5, 2022 from Answers in Depth

  How theological scholars, who affirm the truthfulness of the Bible, actually sabotage its authority through their science-over-Scripture hermeneutic.

• Magazine Department Article

  What Are the Dangers of Quote Mining?

  

  Nov. 28, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  Quote mining means fudging facts or leaving out crucial details that misrepresent the meaning of the quote.

• Magazine Department Article

  ASK Method to Bible Challenges

  

  Nov. 21, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  Social media and television bombard us daily with contradictory claims. How can we find the meat among the bones? Just ASK.

• In-Depth Article

  The Bible Wins the Debate with Carbon-Dated Camel Bones

  

  Oct. 22, 2021 from Answers in Depth

  “There is a book . . .” Ken Ham reminded Nye at their 2014 debate, and the Bible’s history is history we can trust.

• Magazine Article

  Is the Bible a Distraction?

  

  Oct. 3, 2021 from Answers Magazine

  We don’t need to abandon our defense of the Scripture to emphasize the resurrection.

• Book of Job: Fact or Fiction

  

  July 10, 2020 from Answers in Depth

  Exploring the biblical and ancient Near Eastern historical evidence shows how the book of Job records actual events.

• Magazine Department Article

  Can We Trust the Bible Is True?

  

  Aug. 24, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  From archaeology to astronomy, evidence from many fields points to the veracity of God’s Word.

• What’s Wrong with the Word Story?

  

  Aug. 20, 2019

  The word story no longer means a real historical account, a true narrative, or a record/statement of actual events of the past.

• Magazine Department Article

  Embracing Christ’s View of Scripture

  

  July 24, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  Most Christians at least give lip-service to following Christ. But what about His view of the Old Testament?

• 10 Theses We Cannot Support

  

  Feb. 15, 2019

  Todd Wilson claims most evangelical Christians, “at most times, have believed and should believe about creation” with his ten points of “Mere Creation.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Trusting the Text

  

  Dec. 30, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  Without the original texts of the Bible in our hands, how can we be sure our surviving copies don’t contain lots of mistakes?

• Magazine Department Article

  One Indivisible Word

  

  May 25, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  Some believe that the Bible speaks authoritatively about morality and religion, but not history and science. Is that viable, based on Scripture?

• Fighting for Truth

  

  May 21, 2018

  Who would have thought that people claiming to be Christians—even pastors—would attack the very notion of truth? But they are.

• Inerrancy and the Test of Truth

  

  March 26, 2018

  The doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture is one of Christianity’s most important doctrines to be defended, especially as skeptical forces increase their attack on the truthfulness of the Bible.

• Correcting a Pastor Who Denies Biblical Inerrancy

  

  Nov. 9, 2017

  A guest column by a pastor that took biblical creationists to task for supposedly being antiscience, appeared recently in the Holland Sentinel.

• Does Scripture Contain Error Because It Was Written by Humans?

  

  April 29, 2017

  The question that needs to be asked is whether the Bible contains error because it was written by human authors.

• 3 Evidences That Confirm the Bible Is Not Made Up

  

  Feb. 22, 2017

  How do you know the Bible isn’t just made up? Let’s look at three aspects of the Bible taken together to explain how we know it wasn’t simply made up.

• Why Should We Believe in the Inerrancy of Scripture?

  

  Feb. 16, 2017 from Apologetics Web Series

  Many people deny that Scripture teaches its own inerrancy, but Brian Edwards shows that, based on Scripture, Christians should absolutely hold to biblical inerrancy.

• AiG Scientists Appearing in Is Genesis History? Documentary

  

  Feb. 9, 2017

  Is Genesis History? features interviews with scholars and scientists on the evidences for Creation and the Flood—including two AiG scientists.

• Magazine Article

  How to Prevent Losing Another Generation

  

  Jan. 29, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Polls show that the twentysomethings sitting next to you in the pews may not embrace your faith. What happened to them?

• Book Chapter

  Ready to Give an Answer

  

  Oct. 15, 2016 from Already Compromised

  Truth is at the heart of what has become warfare in the marketplace of worldviews. Which ideas will get your attention and gain prominence in your mind?

• Dealing with Skeptics

  Feb. 2, 2016 from Answers Update

  They need to be shown that what we see in this world around us only makes sense in the light of God’s Word.

• Book Chapter

  Not What You’d Expect

  Oct. 3, 2015 from Already Gone

  On the surface they appear to be very similar. As we studied the research findings further, we soon found we were dealing with two different types of individuals who were no longer attending church.

• Magazine Department Article

  Embarrassed by the Bible

  

  Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  When people ask why we believe what we do, many are hesitant to quote the Bible. After all, few people believe the Bible, and many parts are hard to explain.

• Magazine Department Article

  Do We Have an Answer to Every Question?

  Oct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  God’s Word never promises to answer every human question.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  A Critique of Dr. Peter Enns’ Book The Bible Tells Me So

  Feb. 26, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Dr. Peter Enns continues his destructive influence on Christian faith and the Bible in his assault on God’s Word in his book The Bible Tells Me So.

• Book Chapter

  Wasn’t the Bible Written by Mere Men?

  

  Feb. 20, 2015 from The New Answers Book 3

  The real issue is whether God had any involvement in the authorship of the Bible. To claim the Bible was written by mere men, one must be transcendent.

• Magazine Department Article

  One Book Is Sufficient

  

  Jan. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine

  Scripture alone is a sufficient source of knowledge about God; nature is not.

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Were New Testament Books Forged?

  Nov. 12, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  This review will provide a cursory review of Forged, critique Ehrman’s methodology, and expose his many exaggerated conclusions.

• Magazine Article

  Can We Prove the Bible Is True?

  

  Nov. 11, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Jesus Christ and His followers were fearless when it came to proclaiming God’s Word. What gave them such boldness and self-assuredness?

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Review of the Lecture “Evolution & Creation: Conflicting or Compatible?”

  Oct. 22, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Drs. Elizabeth Mitchell and Terry Mortenson discuss a recent local presentation that they attended.

• Magazine Article

  7. Life-Changing Power

  

  Aug. 24, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Even if you don’t yet know any other compelling evidences that the Bible is true, you should know the experience of your own life.

• Magazine Article

  5. Scientific Accuracy

  

  Aug. 10, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Every claim the Bible makes about science is not only true but crucial for filling in the blanks about the origin of the universe.

• Magazine Department Article

  How Do I Know the Bible Is True?

  

  May 4, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  When children start to ask tough questions about the Bible, even when they are very young, what should you do?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  The Rise and Fall of Inerrancy in the American Fundamentalist Movement

  May 16, 2012 from Answers in Depth

  This article will survey the history of Christian fundamentalism in America along with its strengths and weaknesses, victories and defeats, and the significance of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy

• Semi-Technical Magazine Department Article

  Not Just a Container of Truth

  Oct. 5, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  “The Bible contains truth,” we often hear. But what do such words really mean? Behind them is a flawed view of biblical authority, with deadly consequences.

• Magazine Article

  Seven Compelling Evidences Confirm the Bible Is True

  

  April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  With all the knowledge and resources readily available today, God’s children have no excuse for not being prepared to “Give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you.”

• Magazine Article

  4. Fulfilled Prophecy

  

  April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Among the many amazing evidences that confirm the Bible’s divine origin, surely the wealth of fulfilled prophecies is near the top.

• Magazine Article

  Can You Prove the Bible is True?

  

  April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  If you actively share your faith, you’ll be asked, “How do you know the Bible is true?”

• Jesus Believed Every Event of the Old Testament

  April 1, 2011

  The debate about the Bible’s accuracy is not a secondary, theoretical concern. The integrity of Jesus Christ Himself is at stake. He accepted the Old Testament’s historical accounts as real.

• Magazine Department Article

  No Easy Answers

  April 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  God’s Word—even in the hands of a child—is sufficient to penetrate even the thorniest thicket.

• Online Apologetics Toolkit

  April 1, 2011

  “How do you know the Bible is true?” Do you know your Bible well enough to give a satisfying response?

• Answers Magazine Preview: Vol. 6, No. 2

  March 27, 2011 from Core Ministry News

  If you actively share your faith, it won’t take long before you’re asked, “How do you know the Bible is true?”

• How Do We Know that the Bible Is True?

  March 22, 2011 from Apologetics Web Series

  A number of Christians have tried to answer this question. Unfortunately, not all of those answers have been as cogent as we might hope. Some answers make very little sense at all.

• Is the New Testament Reliable?

  March 15, 2011 from Apologetics Web Series

  Can we trust the New Testament as a reliable record of what actually happened, and do we possess what was actually written in the first century?

• Is the Old Testament Reliable?

  March 8, 2011 from Apologetics Web Series

  Must we have blind, unreasonable faith to believe the Bible to be true? Or are there sound reasons that the Bible, and specifically the Old Testament, can be accepted as reliable in every part?

• Feedback Article

  Is the Bible Authoritative and Inerrant?

  Oct. 22, 2010 from Feedback

  Since the Bible has been copied and translated so many times, can we really trust that we have the words of the authors? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., responds.