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Historical Evidence for the Trial of Jesus

A page of Talmud (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Jews recorded much of their history, theology, lore and opinions in the Talmud.  The oldest full manuscript is from 1342 and it is known as the Munich Talmud.  The Church in Rome controlled much of what was published during that period and apparently tried to remove statements that they felt were negative or opposed to what they believed.  This document exhibits this but through digital enhancement Dr Williams and Dr Brewer have been able to recover the apparent derogatory text which proves very interesting.  For more information check out:

Tyndale website link

Jesus of Nazareth’s Trial In The Uncensored Talmud

Jesus of Nazareth’s Trial in Sanhedrin 43a

A Doctor's Experience with the Afterlife

Neurosurgery (Photo credit: BWJones)

Dr Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who would have described a near death experience as a lack of oxygen to the brain.   That is, until his life was changed by his own experience when his entire cortex was shut down by a rare attack of  bacterial meningitis.  In this article he describes the sites, sounds and feeling that he experienced during this journey which changed his life.  His new book Proof of Heaven will be released on Oct 23.

A Bible Game Show on GSN

The American Bible Challenge is a new game show that premiers on GSN (Game Show Network) August 23 at 8 pm.  Jeff Foxworthy, who hosted Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, is the game show host.  Teams will  test their Bible knowledge as they compete for their favorite charity with questions such as "When Jesus fed the 5000, how many baskets of leftover food were there?"

Want to test your knowledge?  Try some of the sample questions at http://gsntv.com/shows/the-american-bible-challenge/vip/topic/?id=1705.

It's just cool seeing people come and, within the course of an hour, win money to help change someone else's life. That's a neat thing to be a part of.  (Jeff Foxworthy)

You Lord Are Good

Now that I have tasted that You Lord are good, let me like a newborn baby, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it I may grow up in your salvation.  (1Pet 2:2-3 Monogram Version)

Words into Practice

If I listen to Jesus and put his words into practice, I am like  a wise man who builds his house on the rock.  (Matt 7:24 Monogram Version)

How We Got the New Testament

Image via WikipediaNeit Lightfoot wrote the book "How We Got The Bible"  which we are using for one of our small group studies.  This month, I taught the chapters on re-creating the original Greek text of the authors of the New Testament.  If you have not read the book it is an excellent book that begins to prepare you for those questions such as "There are so many version of the Bible, how do you know which one is right?"  In the class I had some additional notes and references which are available by right clicking and saving the links below.

NewTestament_Hand_Out.pdf
NewTestamentNotesPart1.pdf

Part 2 Handouts for February
New Testament Handout Part 2

Translation examples
Gen_2_Matt_16.pdf

No to low cost tools to assist your Bible study
Low_Cost_Study_Tools.pdf