The Bible leads us to God; God leads us to the Bible.

For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalm 138:2

1. The Word of God (Jesus is the truth: The Message of God in Christ)
2. The Revelation of the Word
    a. Natural
    b. Special
        1) Irrefutable Prophetic Acts (i.e., Jesus' return, standing before Him in judgment)
        2) Prophecy and Miracles
        3) The Written Word (incl. The Special Role of the Bible)
3. The Nature and Perfection of the Bible (i.e., “the perfect”)
4. The Inspiration of the Bible
5. The Transmission of the Bible
    a. Authority and Completeness (incl. miraculous preservation etc.)
    b. The Canon of Scripture
    c. The Present Form of the Bible
6. The Interpretation of the Bible
    a. The Interpreter (incl., spiritual gifts and empowerment of the Spirit as well as preparation)
    b. The Translation
    c. The Method (i.e., Hermeneutics; “I.C.E.”, etc.)
7. The Word of Truth (i.e., absolute truth to which we aspire not “becomes the truth to you”)

This installment is not yet available.  Here are some additional links to previously released sections, charts, and alternative treatments of this material:

• The Bible as "divine".

• Chronological order of the books of the Bible.

• Bible Chronology

• The Canonicity of the book of Hebrews.

• Natural Revelation

• *Read Your Bible

• Divine Inspiration

• How can we know whose interpretation of the Bible is right?

• How can we know whose interpretation of the Bible is right?  Part 2

• The so-called "Documentary Hypothesis"

• The Relationship between the Books of Kings and Chronicles

• More on the Documentary Hypothesis

• The Apocrypha

• King James versus New King James

• The New International Version of the Bible and Issues of Bible Translation

• How to use the Bible translations at Ichthys.

• Who wrote the KJV version?

• The "Gospel of Thomas"

• Why was the New Testament written in Greek?

• Issues of Canonicity: Apocrypha, Enoch, and Inspiration

• Issues of Canonicity II: Aramaic, Enoch, KJV, and the Pastorals

• The Canonicity of Revelation

• "The Gospel of Judas", and "Issues of Canonicity"

• Did Matthew Write his Gospel in Hebrew?

• Christians Beware

• Famous Interpolations

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