Is the Bible Limited to 66 Books?
Some scholars today cast doubt over the canon of Scripture -- those 66 books that the church has long held to be the complete written revelation of God. They justify their views by claiming: 1) that surviving texts of the Old and New Testaments are corrupt and therefore unreliable or 2) that early church leaders deliberately excluded certain books for personal or political reasons.
As Craig L. Blomberg responds in his book "Can We Still Believe the Bible?": "... there is not a shred of historical evidence to support either of these claims; anyone choosing to believe them must do so by pure credulity, flying in the face of all the evidence that actually exists."
But what if we discovered an apostolic writing that has remained hidden for the last 2,000 years? Read more
The Bible is More Than Stories of Morality [Video]
It is possible to teach Bible stories without ever teaching the Bible Story.
It is safe to say that most churches want their kids and students to learn the Bible. But in reality, as you’ll often hear The Gospel Project team say, it is possible to teach Bible stories without ever teaching the Bible story.
In other words, it is possible to teach the Bible in a way that is not distinctively Christian.
There are many too many approaches to teaching the Bible that teach people values, virtues, and behavior – and that’s it.
That should disturb us. Read more
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