The Gospel Online – Why Believe in God, Jesus and the Bible?
Why believe in God? Why believe in Jesus? Why believe the Bible?
A new series of short presentations entitled ‘Why believe?’ will answer these questions. The presenters, who have often spent a lifetime studying the subject, will give the evidence behind the facts.
A synopsis of what’s on offer can be found on the panel discussion between some of the presenters entitled…’ Why Believe? Discussion’ and introduces the 1st Video in the series.
The full list of videos in the series is as follows..
Introduction video: panel discussion.
#1 Why Believe in God – The Uncreated Creator
#2 Why Believe in God – The Balanced Universe
#3 Why Believe in God – The Origin of Live
#4 Why Believe in Jesus Christ – References outside the Gospels
#5 Why Believe in Jesus Christ – The uninventable Jesus
#7 Why Believe the Gospels – Archaeology
#8 Why Believe the Gospels – Undesigned Coincidences
#9 Why Believe the Bible – Unity and Consistency
#10 Why Believe the Bible – Fulfilled Prophecy
#12 Why Believe the Bible – The Witness of Jesus
1: Introducing the Gospel: This, the first in this series of webinars, led by Karam, who addresses the question… What is the Gospel? You may have heard the name ‘Gospel’ but do you know what the Gospel is or even what it means? Click image to watch the video and find out.
1: Why Believe?
A webinar presentation where panellists are invited to provide personal testimony as to why they believe in an almighty creator God.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question’ button at the top of each page!
First video in the series introduces the viewer to the idea of an almighty creator being, a creator God who loves his creation.
Some interesting science is presented in this video and is well worth a few minutes of your time.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#2: Why we believe in God – The Balanced universe
In this short video, the presenter considers the harmony of the universe and how the perfect conditions exist to support life.
An appreciation of this can only result in one conclusion – There is a God who has created all things.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#3 Why Believe in God – The Origin of Life
Does the evidence around us point to a creator God or has al life evolved?
Our presenter, Phil Mallinder (PhD Microbial genetics) explains why he believes that it is impossible for the theory of evolution to be a plausible explanation for the onset of life.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question’ button at the top of each page!
#4 Why Believe in Jesus Christ – References outside the Gospels
John Botten, a retired history teacher, examines the evidence from the first two centuries to show how non-Christian sources acknowledged the personage of Jesus.
In a survey of 2000 people concluded that 39% were unsure as to whether Jesus ever existed! – so what is the evidence?
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#5 Why Believe in Jesus Christ – The uninventable Jesus
In this 23 min video, our presenter John Botten (retired HIstory teacher) continues with the theme of Jesus as a real person and not some made-up historical myth.
In this fifth episode, John considers the undeniable effect that Jesus had upon the world and demonstrates why this is important.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#6 Why Believe in Jesus Christ – The resurrection
The presenter Dan Wetherall considers the evidence for the resurrection.
Sadly, due to presenter preference, this video has been restricted and is not available to view on this post.
#7 Why Believe the Gospels – Archaeology
How can we know that the Gospels contain a reliable record of the things that we describe?
One method is to compare the Gospel accounts with what has been discovered by archaeology.
The Gospels contain details of places, people, events and customs. Archaeological excavations have allowed some of these to be investigated and the finds have always confirmed one another.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#8 Why Believe the Gospels – Undesigned Coincidences
One way to check whether the Bible is reliable is to compare the accounts with one another.
Where an account contain insignificant details which correspond with different insignificant details in other accounts we have an undesigned coincidence, which is evidence that those accounts are accurate, even down to details.
The Gospels of the New Testament contain many such details and are full of undesigned coincidences.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#9 Why Believe the Gospels – Manuscript Evidence
The Gospels were written almost 2,000 years ago, and before printing was invented they were copied by hand. This has prompted some people to ask whether the text we have now is a reliable representation of the original writings. The answer comes in part from the huge number of witnesses we have to the text of the New Testament, almost 6,000 Greek manuscripts, another 18,000 manuscripts of translations into ancient languages and huge numbers of quotations in the works of ancient authors. In addition, the New Testament we have now contains details which match up with archaeological finds and which correspond between the Gospel in unexpected ways; these features would soon be lost if the copying of the New Testament was bad and the text had changed.Sadly, due to presenter preference – this video has been restricted and is not available to view on this post.
The Bible was written by 40 or more people over a period of 1500 years in three different languages, but it contains one consistent message. It manages this in spite of the fact that it contains teaching on some of the most controversial subjects known to mankind. This could only be achieved if the content of the Bible is controlled by a mind which spans centuries and has the power to show truth to human beings – in other words God.
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Why Believe the Bible – Fulfilled Prophecy
Our penultimate episode is led by Peter Forbes and examines the subject of Bible Prophecy.
The Bible is very clear about Gods plan and Purpose with the Earth. Prophecies are contained in both the old and new testaments.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Watch the video and let us know if you agree or not, you can message using the ‘ask a question button at the top of each page!
#12 Why Believe the Bible – The Witness of Jesus
Jesus Christ rose from the dead. This shows that he is endorsed by God and that his message comes from God. One aspect of his message is that the Bible is a book to be trusted. He references the Old Testament many times (about 10% of the recorded words of Jesus are quotations from the Old Testament) and he tells us that the Old Testament is trustworthy (eg. Luke 24:25). Jesus also told us that the Apostles would be given the Holy Spirit to help them remember what to say and to teach them other things. Jesus is endorsing the whole of the Bible as inspired by God
The source material for this series was granted by kind permission from https://www.gospelonline.co.uk/
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