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Too often it is claimed that the New Testament cannot be trusted to give us an accurate picture of what Jesus said and did. It is held that the Gospels are simply legends which grew over time and have no basis in historical fact, thus casting considerable doubt on the truth of the Christian faith. This view, however, cannot be maintained in light of the historical evidence.
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The Bible claims to be the infallible, errorless, and authoritative word of God (2 Tim. 3:16; Prov. 30:5; 2 Peter 1:21; see also Micah 1:1, Zechariah 1:1, etc.). Many critics claim that the Bible is a good religious book, but not the word of God; that it contains some truth, but also some legends, myths, and errors. Others claim that some of the Bible may be inspired, but that it is not all inspired, all inerrant (free of error) or all true.
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If the Bible is the inerrant and infallible word of God, as it claims (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21), we would expect there to be some evidence supporting these claims. After all, just because something claims to be the word of God does not make it true. We will examine the testimony of historical evidence to ask, Does the evidence support or deny the internal claims of the Bible?
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What About Alleged "Contradictions"?

I have examined hundreds of alleged "contradictions," and have even discussed the issue with leading atheists who have attempted to point them out. From personal experience, I can confidently say that I have never found any difficulty that has ever been shown to be conclusively contradictory. There are solutions. I have even harmonized the resurrection narratives of the four gospels and Acts. Norman Geisler, who has studied the Bible exhaustively for forty years, is also confident that there are no real "contradictions" in the Bible. Of course, there are difficulties, but difficulties are quite different from errors. A difficulty is something that we don’t yet know the answer to, but is not something conclusively contradictory. An error is something that is conclusively unsolvable, and there are none of these in the Bible. Most often, when a "contradiction" is perceived, we are misunderstanding one of the passages (or both).
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"Everyone has a basis of authority on which he thinks and acts. For the Christian this is the Bible, claimed to be a book that is different from all others," says Charles Ryrie. [1] The Bible is indeed different from all other books–it claims to be the inspired word of God. But this raises many questions. Where does the Bible say this? And what does this mean, anyway? Is the entire Bible inspired, or just parts? Is the Bible inspired just in its teachings, or in its history as well? If the Bible is God’s word, then how can so many events be told from a human perspective?
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