The Authority Of The Bible

Objectives: 1. What is it? 2. How is it used? 3. What does it mean? The authority of the Bible

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The Christian Scripture (27 books) The Gospels & Acts: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts of the Apostles These five books tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth and the early church. The 4 gospels tell the same story with different "slants" or emphases. Letters / Epistles: Romans to Jude (21 books) These tell the stories of the early Christian communities and the problems that they faced. These letters were written by Paul, Peter and John three of the early followers of Jesus. Revelations This was written by John (the same person who wrote the gospel) and contains a collection of visions about the future.

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How do Christians use the bible ?

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Two Ways of Understanding the Bible Literal Non-literal

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