“The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.” ~ St. Augustine of Hippo

3. “It is somewhat misleading to think of the early Bible as a neatly defined ‘book’ in the sense of a single unified literary work, or even as an anthology. In reality, it was an ancient library.” ~ Jeffery L. Sheler

4. “The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.” ~ St. Augustine of Hippo

5. “There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of the Old Testament tradition.” ~ William F. Albright, John Hopkins University

6. “I have spent a lot of time looking through the Bible – for loopholes.” ~ W.C. Fields

7. “The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.” ~ Immanuel Kant

8. “Science can purify religion from error and superstition, while religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.” ~ Pope John Paul II, 1988

9. “When biblical writings that are unambiguously historical in their intent are critically examined, they consistently show themselves to be remarkably dependable.” ~ Jeffery L. Sheler, Reporter for U.S. News & World Report

10. “In biblical faith, everything depends upon whether the central events actually occurred.” ~ G. Ernest Wright, Biblical Archaeologist

11. “There is quietly mounting evidence that the basic inherited outline of biblical history is essentially sound.” ~ Kenneth Kitchen, Archaeologist

12. “Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.” ~ Mark Twain

13. “I believe in the spade. It has fed the tribes of mankind. It has furnished them water, coal, iron, and gold. And now it is giving them truth – historic truth, the mines of which have never been opened till our time.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Commenting on Biblical Archeology

14. “The more we scratch, the more we find. The more we find, the more we shine!” ~ Jay Smith, BIC Missionary to Moslems

15. “The stones will cry out!” ~ Jesus of Nazareth, (Luke 19:40, TNIV)

16. “Biblical nihilism collapsed overnight with the discovery of the David inscription.” ~ Israel Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University Archaeologist

17. “Truth is tough. It will not break like a bubble at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

18. “Test everything.” ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:21, TNIV

19. Traditional Catholic Position:The Church = final authority Traditional Protestant Position:Bible Alone = final authority Our Anabaptist Position: Bible-in-Community = final authority

20. Community Hermeneutic

21. Community Hermeneutic Vs. Hermeneutic of Suspicion

22. Hermeneutic of Suspicion a) The Bible records miracles. b) Miracles are not possible. Therefore… c) The Bible cannot be true.

23. Hermeneutic of Possibility a) The Bible records miracles. b) Miracles are not possible, apart from God. Therefore… c) The Bible is either untrue or it is the story of God.

24. A spokesman for Ramesses the great, Pharaoh of Pharaohs, supreme ruler of Egypt, son of Ra, before whom all tremble in awe, today announced that the man Moses had kicked his royal butt for all the world to see, thus proving that there is only one true God who is Yahweh of Israel and that the 2,000 year old culture of Egypt is a lie. Film at 11:00.

25. “The weight of circumstantial evidence is far too strong to dismiss the exodus as mere theological fiction.” ~ Jeffery L. Sheller, Reporter for U.S News & World Report

27. Mud Brick Walls Stone Wall

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30. Mud Brick Wall Homes Mud Brick Wall Stone Wall

31. Mud Brick Wall Homes Mud Brick Wall Falling Wall Forms Ramp Stone Wall

32. Mud Brick Wall Homes Mud Brick Wall Falling Wall Forms Ramp Stone Wall

34. “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” ~ Matthew 20:28 (& Mark 10:45), NASB

35. Who Was The Last King Of Babylon? Daniel:Herodotus: “BELSHAZZAR” “NABONIDUS”

36. Faith = Belief in something’s or someone’s existence.

37. Faith = Belief in something’s or someone’s existence. Faith = Active Trust

38. “The things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment.” ~ 1 Corinthians 14:37, NASB

39. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” ~ John 14:6, TNIV

40. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” ~ John 1:1-2, TNIV

41. “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.” ~ Hebrews 1:1-2, TNIV

42. “…God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” ~ 1 Timothy 3:15, TNIV

43. “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, 20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.” ~ Ephesians 2:19-20, NRSV

44. “Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God whether I am speaking on my own.” ~ John 7:17 (NRSV)