Alpha Talk - The Bible

Talk given at Alpha - the Bible

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Aim: to discuss briefly the following things regarding the Bible before breaking into discussion groups.

1. What is the Bible?

• Bible can be used and abused


• Bible in history & society.


• Richard Dawkins & Dan Brown


• Other claims to be the Word of God - Koran, Book of Mormon

2. How did we get the Bible? 3. How did God give us the Bible?

• Revelation


• Inspiration


• Illumination

4. How to look up the Bible?

5. Why interact with the Bible?

• The Bible helps us know God more

6. How should we interact with the Bible?

Keys to understanding the Bible ·

• Read it


• Inerrant


• No explicit contradictions


• Context matters

7. Some practical interactions with the Bible!

• Public & private reading.


• Memorizing


• Meditating or thinking about it


• Obeying it!


• Preaching & teaching.

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