We can only imagine the wonderment of Mary as she looked into the face of God who had just come from her own body

How does someone not familiar with the scriptures start readiing the Bible? Does he/she start at Genesis, the Psalms, or the book of Matthew? The reason for this summary is so that the novice may have some understanding of each part of the Bible.

Evidence is presented that shows that Shang Di [上帝, the supreme God that the Chinese worshipped and sacrificed bullocks to for over 4,000 years, is the same God whom Christians worship.

This, third part of the series Genesis in Ancient Chinese Culture, shows very clearly how the events of Genesis had become embedded into ancient Chinese characters and even present-day characters as well.

Jesus referred to Daniel’s mention of the “abomination that causes desolation” when He warned about a future event which will be a sign of the end of the age. But the reference in Daniel was fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes. The one event can be carried out by different people at different times.

The biblical account of Jonah may seem not quite right at first, but when it is place into the correct time period everything fits nicely.

The account of the events recorded in the Book of Jonah seem to be almost an enigma, it on its own. Biblical critics love to attack the Bible through it. But when its events are analysed with respect to history, everything falls into place.

The picture we are presented with in school and Sunday school plays where children act out the scene of Joseph with a heavily pregnant Mary who was just about to give birth, being turned away by an uncaring inn keeper when they requested lodging, and that he finally relents and points them to a tumbledown stable for Mary to give birth to her baby. A close examination of the scriptures shows this is incorrect.

25 statements made in the Bible have been checked with reference to modern science. All 25 have been shown to be correct in every way. They confirm that the Bible is indeed God inspired.

Unexplainably, when a child is conceived, the mother’s blood is never mixed with that of her fetus; the two vascular systems are completely separate.

Jehovah Witnesses claim that Christ was crucified on a pole and not a cross. They are clearly wrong about Christ’s Lordship, are they wrong with His form of crucifixion as well?

The Bible was so much a part of people’s lives that many of the expressions it contained, became a common part of speech. As shown, some going back to Wycliffe’s Bible of 1382.

The Bible has been under attack virtually from the time the first documents were written. However, the Bible stands strong and here are 83 people who are mentioned in the Bible and their verification.

The great advantage of a creed is that it is a clear statement of belief that can be committed to memory. It can be recited in an instant and a heresy can be compared with it on the spot.

This gives exactly 173,880 days, which reveals the extreme accuracy of Daniel’s prophecy and the reliability of scripture.

“In that day” declares the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.” Amos 9:8

The writings of the early church leave no doubt as to whether Peter spent his final years in Rome or not.

The Genesis creation account has long been dismissed as mearly a myth along with other ancient myths. But an examintion reveals that it has a strong structure running right through it which sets it apart from any other ancient document.

What initially looked like a mixture of disconnected stories is really one coherent account of the most amazing event in human history.

There have always been doubters of the authenticity of the Bible. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. During the last 25 years many evidences of the the people, places and events have come to light, disproving the naysayers while confirming the authenticity of the Bible.

Many people have struggled with this question, but there is only one logical answer.

The New Testament was composed alongside other documents that did not make it into scripture. What was the criterion that was used?

God had called Isaiah as His servant. Through him, He made the most significant announcements in world history.

This miracle of Jesus is easy to skip over and to not realise the full extent of His blessing. But as this article shows, Jesus’ gift was enormous.

Luke has been attacked for giving people titles that did not exist, but are his detractors correct?

Whenever Luke’s naming of people and the position they held is investigated, Luke is found to be accurate.

Mary Magdalene has been presented as both apenitant protitute and the wife of Jesus. But the Bible tells a different story.

The Hebrew word used in Isaiah 7:14 is; הָעַלְמָ֗ה (hā·‘al·māh), which is Strong’s Hebrew 5959 and is defined as: a young woman, virgin. So, some Bibles use young woman and some use virgin. What’s the problem? Plenty!

To any mathematically inclined person, the derivation of the years each patriarch lived, from a geometric series, in the correct order, is fascinating. There appears to be no doubt that such an occurrence was divinely created; it could not have come about by chance.

While wars raged across the world and libraries were destroyed, God kept the Bible in monasteries where it were protected, duplicated and even beautified with ornate drawings in such a way as to dignify the book.

Of all the parts of scripture, it is Noah’s Flood that has come in for some of the most criticism. So…

Many people today think the Flood of Noah’s time was only a local flood, confined to…

Sedimentary rock is formed by the laying down of sediments by water. These sediments are …

If you were to take a bottle or a jar, fill it to about one third with soil and sand…

World wide fossil graveyards, some comprising land dwellers, marine creatures, birds and vegetation all jumbled together can only point to Noah’s Flood.

The Bible states that all of the mountains were covered with water. This being the case…

The Bible specifies the dimensions of Noah’s Ark in cubits….

There are 5,656 New Testament manuscripts written in Greek, more than 10,000 in Latin and more than 1,000 in other languages. However, the inquirer may want additional evidence from non-Christian sources and there are many.

For this is what the LORD says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Matthew Maury was born in 1806 into a family whose lives were based around the Bible. Later in life he noticed the phrase “the paths of the sea” in Psalm 8:8. Believing that the Bible was true, he went looking and consequently changed sailing forever.

Pilate may have been a big shot in Jerusalem but he was merely a pawn in the hand of the Almighty.

Archaeology has provided a deeper insight into the character of the man used by God to play a major role in releasing people from the chains which once bound them.

The fact that Moses wrote the Bible’s first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers…

No original text of the Bible (autograph) remains, what we have is copies of copies of copies, so how can we be certain…

Our universe is highly ordered with galaxies, solar systems, planets and moons, all rotating with perfect symmetry…

The biblical story of creation is often criticised, with many people, including liberal Christians, insisting…

The Bible is unique in all literature. What follows are some interestings facts about it.

God gave Abraham irrevocable promises concerning his descendants including the land of Canaan . The promise of the land was repeated many times to Abraham.

This document has come to light recently, and it confirms Jesus’ crucifixion, His death, and His resurrection. It was written before the gospels, the epistles (letters) and most likely before Peter preached at Pentecost. It was written by Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar to explain the events which took place in Jerusalem under his jurisdiction.

There is no doubt that the man known in the Bible as Jesus of Nazareth was/is God the Son and that He rose from the dead.

The markers that Luke provides regarding the time of Jesus’ birth, precludes the earlier date for Christ’s death. Against this, is the circumstantial evidence for the earlier date of Jesus’ birth supplied by Josephus. Luke has never been proved wrong.

The evidence for the fact that Mark wrote his gospel after hearing Peter talk about his eyewitness experiences with Jesus and being part of Jesus’ earthly ministry and that this took place in Rome during the latter part of Peter’s life, is very strong.

The term Godhead is used three times in the Bible to denote the divine essence of God, which comprises three Persons; God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit, also known as the Trinity.

It can be concluded that the Septuagint was important for preparing Greek speaking/writing Jews and God-fearing Gentiles for understanding the Old Testament and its fulfillment in Christ.

Who were the people in the “Days of Noah”? Who were the “sons of God”, the “daughters of men” and who were the Nephilim? And why did God destroy them all?

The length of time for a year, month and day are set by the rotation and orbits of the earth and moon, the seven-day week with its six days of work and one day of rest was established by the Creator Himself.

The struggle to have the Bible in the English translation has been long and painful. Now, Best estimates put the number of English Bibles printed, at around four billion. Just recently, the Bible has been translated into 700 complete languages.

The visit of the “Three Wise Men” to the infant Christ Child played a significant part in biblical theology.

The Jews, God’s chosen people, have remained distinct from all other people for 2,700 years and they have suffered like no other. They are also the most brilliant of all people.

The return of the people to the land that God promised them 4,000 years ago, and they have been disbursed to the four corners of the world without a homeland for 1813 years, is not only a miracle but powerful evidence for the God of the Bible.

God promised that once the Jews return to their promised land, He would not allow them to be “pulled up from the land.”

In May 1844, Constantin Tischendorf, discovered the oldest completed copy of the New Testament in the Convent of St Catherine at the foot of Mt Sinai.

The Jehovah Witnesses, Christadelphians, Mormons, Christian Science people, The Way and The Unification Church, all claim to be Christian in some regard but reject the fact that Jesus Christ is God. Are they right?

Most paintings of the crucified Jesus show Him wearing a loincloth, but was this true?

Everything was in place for the recording and proclamation of the message the Christ would give. When Jesus was born, the “time had fully come.”

When we look at the face of Amenhotep II (pictured) we can be quite sure that it is the same face that Moses looked at.

The evidence for Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch is overwhelming, so why is the Documentary Hypothesis continue to be taught as the standard paradigm in biblical studies in tertiary institutes?

The question is; Why 400 years between the testaments? But when we look at it closely, it all makes perfect sense.

The Bible tells us that Jesus was crucified at Passover. This being the case, both Jews and Christians should have the same day in common, so why are they not?

The Bible of the Roman Catholic church differs from that of the protestant Bible in two major ways; the Latin Vulgate and the inclusion of the Apocrypha.