CSM – Fall Introduction
Biblical Worldview Series
Why I choose to believe the Bible … A Biblical Worldview
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW COMPONENTS
 Theology = Theism (Trinitarian)
 Philosophy = Supernaturalism (Faith and Reason)
 Ethics = Moral Absolutes
 Biology = Creationism
 Psychology = Mind/Body Dualism (Fallen)
 Sociology = Traditional: Family, Church and State
 Law = Divine / Natural Law
 Politics = Justice, Freedom and Order
 Economics = Stewardship of Property
 History = Creation, Fall, Redemption
THOUGHTS / QUESTIONS
THEISM : Belief in a supernatural God
GENERAL REVELATION: God’s communication through nature and conscience regarding his existence
SPECIAL REVELATION: God’s specific communication through the Bible and Jesus Christ about salvation
and His nature
SUPERNATURALISM: The belief that reality is more than nature; that a transcendent agent intervenesin
the course of natural law
MIND/BODY DUALISM: Contends that the body is material in substance while the mind is immaterial
Voddie Baucham …Why do you choose to believe the bible?
 Reliable collection of historical documents
 Written by eyewitnesses in the lifetime of other eyewitnesses
 Record of supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies
 Claim that their writings are divine in origin
 II Peter 1:16 - 21
 Luke 1:1 – 4 (a physician, historian – goal was precision and truth)
 II Timothy 4:14 – 18 (Alexander the coppersmith)
Voddie Baucham (continued) …
 Reliable Collection of Historical Documents
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# of books in the Bible =
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3 different continents = Asia, Africa and
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3 different languages = Greek, Hebrew and
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23,000 archeological digs – all have confirmed what we find HISTORICALLY in the Bible.
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Written by Eyewitnesses … During the lifetime of other eyewitnesses
o 1 Corinthians 15: 3–9 (minimum 300 eyewitnesses to the Resurrection at the time of 1
Corinthians)
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Record Supernatural Events in fulfillment of specific prophecies
o Psalm 22 and the crucifixion of Jesus
 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus
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Writings are divine …
o SCIENTIFIC METHOD = observable, measurable and repeatable
o What is wrong w/ Scientific Method applied to history?
o What is the “EVIDENTIARY MEATHOD”?
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2 ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE VALIDITY OF THE BIBLE
o 1 – MULTIPLE TRANSLATION ARGUMENT
 Does it matter how many translations there have been- why/why not?
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How do we make a Bible translation?
2 – OVER ZEALOUS MONK ARGUMENT
 Is there evidence regarding book choice or book content within the Bible?
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Council of Nicea – did what?
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3- fold hole
 Manuscripts
o NT = 6,000 / 25 years after original
o Julius Caesar (Galic Wars) = < 12 / 1000 years after original
o Aristotle (Poetics) = < 10 / 1400 years after original
o Socrates = 0
 Multiple Languages
o Coptic, Syriac and Latin
 Writings of Early Church Fathers