The Doctrine of Revelation
Questions About the Bible

 What Is The Bible?

 Why Is Important To Consider The Claims Of The Bible?

 Does The Bible Have A Unique Makeup?

 What Special Terms Does The Bible Use To Describe Itself?

 Why Are The Two Divisions Of The Bible Called The Old And New Testament?

 Why Are The Books Of The Bible Placed In A Particular Order?

 Why Is The Bible Divided Into Chapters And Verses?

 What Symbols Does The Bible Use To Describe Itself?

 What Does The Phrase, “The Word Of God” Mean?

 Does The Bible Claim To Be The Word Of God?

 How Do We Know The Bible Is The Word Of God?

 Why Do We Need A Written Revelation From God?

 How Is The Term Revelation Used In Scripture?

 What Is The Doctrine Of Revelation?

 Does It Make Sense That God Would Reveal Himself?

 What Is General Revelation?

 How Has God Revealed Himself Through Unwritten Tradition?

 How Does Providence Testify To God's Existence?

 How Does The Human Conscience Reveal God?

 How Does God's Dealings With Nations Demonstrate His Existence?

 Does General Revelation Prove That The God Of The Bible Exists?

 What Conclusions Should We Draw About General Revelation?

 How Has God Revealed Himself Through Nature?

 What Is The Canon Of Scripture?

 If God Divinely Inspired Certain Books, Then Should We Expect Them To Be Preserved?

 Why Didn't God Give A Divinely Inspired List Of The Exact Contents Of Scripture?

 Who Were The Old Testament Prophets?

 Were All Of The Books Of The Old Testament Written By Prophets?

 How Was The Old Testament Canon Of Scripture Put Together?

 What Was The Extent Of The Old Testament Canon Among The People Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?

 Why Is There A Threefold Division Of The Hebrew Canon? (Law, Prophets, Writings)

 Was The Hebrew Canon Determined After The Time Of Christ? (The Council Of Jamnia)

 Does The New Testament Quote The Old Testament As Authoritative Scripture?

 Did The New Testament Recognize A Completed Old Testament Canon Of Scripture?

 Who Were The New Testament Prophets?

 Apart From The New Testament, What Other Historical Evidence Exists For The Old Testament Canon?

 What Is The Old Testament Apocrypha?

 What Are The Contents Of The Various Books Of The Old Testament Apocrypha?

 What Is The History Of The Old Testament Apocrypha?

 Why Does The Roman Catholic Church Accept The Books Of The Old Testament Apocrypha As Holy Scripture?

 Why Were The Books Of The Old Testament Apocrypha Rejected As Holy Scripture By The Protestants?

 Did The Sadducees Have A Different Old Testament Canon Than The Rest Of Judaism?

 Why Was The Authority Of Certain Old Testament Books Questioned?

 What Were The Non-Canonical Books That Were Mentioned In The Old Testament?

 What Are Some Of The Inadequate Reasons Why A Book Would Be Part Of The Old Testament Canon?

 What Was The Earliest Writing That Was Put Into The Old Testament Canon?

 What Criteria Were Used To Recognize Which Books Belonged In the Old Testament?

 Why Should The Historical Background Of The Bible Be Studied?

 Is It Important That The Bible Is Historically Accurate?

 What Is The Role Of Archaeology In Establishing The Reliability Of The Bible?

 Has The Bible Ever Proved The Critics Wrong?

 Does The Bible Honestly Portray Its Characters?

 Were The New Testament Writers Qualified As Witnesses?

 When Were The Four Gospels Written?

 What Mistakes Do Bible-Believers Make In the Area Of The Authority Of Scripture?

 What Are The Some Non-Biblical Views Toward Ultimate Authority?

 What Does The Bible Have To Say About Its Own Authority?

 Does The Bible Ever Appeal To Human Reason As A Source Of Authority?

 In What Sense Is The Bible The Inspired Word Of God?

 What Is Meant By The Verbal Plenary Inspiration Of Scripture?

 To What Extent Is The Bible Authoritative?

 When Paul Said All Scripture Is “God-Breathed” Was He Also Referring To The New Testament? (2 Timothy 3:16)

 Don't Some Translations Of 2 Timothy 3:16 Seem To Limit The Bible's Authority?

 How Did God Speak Through The Biblical Authors?

 What Is The Doctrine Of Inerrancy?

 What Are Some Important Clarifications To The Doctrine Of Inerrancy?

 Does The Bible Testify To Its Own Inerrancy?

 In What Sense Is The Bible Perfect?

 Does Inerrancy Exclude All Matters Scientific And Historical? (Limited Inerrancy)

 Is The Doctrine Of Inerrancy Important?

 What The Difference Between The Inerrancy Of Scripture And The Infallibility Of Scripture?

 What's The Difference Between Divine Inspiration And Illumination?

 Is There A Difference Between Revelation And Divine Inspiration?

 What Are The Parallels Between The Writing Of Scripture And The First Coming Of Jesus Christ?

 Is It Logical To Think That God Would Communicate To Humanity?

 How Does The Apostle Paul Testify To The Accuracy Of The Four Gospels

 Is The Book Of Acts Historically Accurate?

 Are The Four Gospels Historically Accurate?

 Is Human Language A Sufficient Means Of Communication Between God And Humankind?

 To Whom Was The Bible Written?

 Is Human Language A Sufficient Means Of Communication Between God And Humankind

 Are There Other Written Sources Of Religious Truth Apart From The Bible?

 Why Do Some Argue The Bible Is A Result Of A Religious Evolutionary Process? (History Of Religion)

 If God Was Behind The Writing Of A Book, Then What Should We Expect From It?

 What Power Does The Bible Have To Change Lives? (Animation)

 What Is The Clarity Of Scripture? (Perpescuity)

 Because The Scripture Is Clear Does This Mean Everything Can Be Easily Understood?

 What Is The Sufficiency Of Scripture?

 What Is Special Revelation?

 Are All Parts Of The Bible Special Revelation?

 What Are Some Of The Purposes For Special Revelation?

 In What Special Ways Has God Revealed Himself To Humanity?

 Does Scripture Record Everything That God Has Revealed To Humanity?

 How Has God Personally Revealed Himself To People?

 What Is Propositional Revelation?

 What Is Progressive Revelation?

 What Conclusions Can We Make About Divine Revelation?

 Why Did Some Early Christians Assume The Books Of The Old Testament Apocrypha Were Holy Scripture?

 What Are The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha? (Enoch, Jubilees)

 What Can We Conclude About The Old Testament Canon?

 What Were The Various Sources Of Authority For The First Christians?

 What Do We Learn From The New Testament Itself About The Need For A New Testament Canon?

 Does The New Testament Ever Quote Itself As Authoritative Scripture?

 Does Each Book Of The New Testament Claim To Be The Authoritative Word Of God?

 What Happened After The Apostolic Era That Brought About The Need For A New Testament Canon?

 What Happened Historically To Cause The Twenty-Seven Books Of The New Testament To Be Recognized As Scripture?

 What Are Some Of The Differences Between The Recognition Of The Old Testament Canon And The Recognition Of The New Testament Canon?

 What Criteria Were Used To Recognize Which Books Belonged In The New Testament Canon?

 What Minimal Factors Should Be Expected Of A Book That Is To Be Included In The New Testament Canon?

 What Do Early Bible Translations Tell Us About The Extent Of The New Testament Canon?

 Why Should The Present New Testament Books Be Accepted As Authoritative Writings?

 Why Was The Authority Of Certain New Testament Books Questioned? (The Antilegomena)

 Does The New Testament Quote As Scripture Writings That Are Not Present In The Bible?

 Were There Some Divinely Authoritative Writings That Were Not Included In Holy Scripture? (Other Letters From Paul)

 Were Certain Books Left Out Of The New Testament Canon?

 What Are The New Testament Pseudepigrapha? (The Gospel Of Thomas)

 What About Books That Have Recently Surfaced Which Claim To Add Firsthand Details To The New Testament? (The Aquarian Gospel Of Jesus The Christ, The Archko Volume, The Lost Books Of The Bible)

 What Is Canon Criticism?

 Is It Possible That Someone Other Than The Stated Author Wrote One Or More Of The Biblical Books? (Pseudonymous Writing)

 Has God Revealed Anything Further To Humanity Since The First Century?

 Can Anything Be Added To The Bible Today?

 Does Revelation 22:18,19 Teach That Nothing More Can Be Added To Scripture?

 Did The Roman Catholic Church Have The Right To Decide Which Books Belong In The New Testament Canon?

 Can We Be Confident That The Correct Books Are In The Bible?

 What Conclusions Can Be Made About The Historical Accuracy Of The New Testament?

 Can Revelation, Divine Inspiration, And Illumination Act Together?

 Is Every Statement Of The Bible True?

 Are Some Parts Of The Bible More Authoritative Than Others?

 What About All The Trivial Issues Which The Bible Covers?

 What About The Morally Repugnant Stories That Are Recorded In The Bible?

 Did The Biblical Writers Always Understand They Were Recording The Word Of God?

 What Was Jesus' View Of The Old Testament?

 How Did Jesus' View His Own Teaching?

 What Was Jesus' View Of The New Testament?

 Why Are The Writings Of The Apostle Paul Considered To Be Divinely Authoritative?

 Were Some Of The Biblical Books Actually Written By A Scribe Rather Than By The Named Author? (Amanuensis)

 Should The Written Scripture Be Our Final Source Of Authority?

 What Are Some Inadequate Theories Of The Bible's Authority?

 Was The Bible Dictated By God To Humanity? (Mechanical Dictation)

 What Is The Partial Inspiration Theory? (The Bible Contains The Word Of God)

 What Is Dynamic Theory Of The Bible's Authority? (Divinely Inspired Thoughts Not Words)

 What Is Natural Inspiration? (Intuition Theory)

 What Is The Illumination Theory Of The Authority Of Scripture?

 What Is The Encounter View Of The Bible's Authority? (Barthian, Neoorthodox)

 What Is The Mythological View Of The Bible's Authority?

 What Conclusions Can We Make About The Bible's Authority?

 What Is The Difference Between A Difficulty And A Contradiction?

 Why Should The Subject Of Bible Difficulties Be Discussed?

 What Type Of Difficulties Do We Find In Scripture?

 How Should Specific Difficulties Be Evaluated?

 What Specific Objections Have Been Made Against Inerrancy?

 Aren't There Examples Of Demonstrable Errors In The Bible?

 Did Certain Bible Doctrines Change Over Time?

 Did Paul Make A Distinction Between His Words And God's Words? (1 Corinthians 7:12)

 Since The Term Inerrancy Means Scientific Precision, Does The Bible Really Teach Inerrancy?

 Are There Grammatical Errors In Scripture?

 Did God Accommodate Himself To The Ignorance Of The Times? (The Accommodation Theory)

 How Can The Bible Be Inerrant Since Human Beings Are Not?

 Don't The Missing Autographs Disprove Inerrancy?

 Aren't There Mistakes In The Various Copies Of The Bible?

 Hasn't Modern Science Refuted An Inerrant Bible?

 Why Don't The New Testament Writers Quote The Old Testament Word For Word?

 Does Inerrancy Cause Worship Of The Bible? (Bibliolatry)

 Aren't There Too Many Qualifications To The Definition Of Inerrancy?

 Are Many Statements Of Scripture Outside The Realm Of Being Inerrant?

 Since All Bible Translations Are Imperfect How Can We Speak Of An Inerrant Bible?

 Did Jesus Believe The Scriptures Were Without Error?

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