Have you ever been sharing the Gospel with someone and they bring up their belief that you can't trust the Bible because it contradicts itself or is full of errors?
I have. And even worse, I used that argument with someone a long time ago when I was seeking truth. Their response to me at the time was "God won't let His word be corrupted". That wasn't convincing to me because it wasn't God I was mistrusting, it was man. And in my mind, it was man that wrote, rewrote and copied the Bible from generation to generation.
I love how God works in the lives of His people. How inconceivable (yes, I do think it means what I think it means), that I am now put in positions to defend the truth of God where I was once one of the greatest skeptics. Prayerfully, I do my best to be much better equipped now to give answers to such skeptics as God leads. I just found a great introduction on this topic at one of my favorite Christian Apologetic websites, CARM.org. If you want to be better equipped to have a response to someone when they claim the Bible can't be trusted because of "contradictions" or "errors", read this article and then be prepared! When you allow God to equip you, He'll give you the opportunity to hone your skills.
http://carm.org/introduction-bible-difficulties-and-bible-contradictions
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