THE STRASBURG CHURCH OF CHRIST
Strasburg, VA

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We invite you to our Sunday morning adult class. The topic, taught by our minister, Pete Stone, is the book of 1 Samuel. Classes begin at 9:30 AM. See you Sunday morning!

Pete Stone will continue his series on church growth from the book of Acts.

Pete Stone will continue his discussion of the book of James.

The Wednesday evening class has been canceled until time changes to daylight savings time in the spring.

Minister - Pete Stone
(540-481-0317)

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What Is the History of the Church of Christ?

WHY ACCEPT THE BIBLE AS THE WORD OF GOD?
Part II

December 16, 2018

L. John Bost

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Introduction

Why should we accept the Bible as the Word of God? On December 9, we considered the first of three reasons for believing that the Bible is the Word of God - Predictive Prophecy. The Old Testament prophets predicted things hundreds of years in advance down to the details of the events. These include hundreds of prophecies concerning the Messiah, the Christ, centuries before His birth. The Bible could not record such events in advance if it were not the Word of God.

In this installment, we will explore the second reason for accepting the Bible as the Word of God - scientific accuracy and foreknowledge.

Reason #2: Scientific Accuracy and Foreknowledge

The Bible is not a science book. It is a book of history, prophecy, promises, and commands from God. It is not a medical textbook. But, though it is not a science book, it is 100% scientifically accurate! Not only is it accurate in its statements about scientific medical matters of the day, but speaks of things that were unknown by men of the day. The writers wrote about things that were not known until centuries later.

Sanitation

In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis, the head of a hospital ward in Vienna, Austria, was searching for a reason that 10-18% of the maternity patients who checked into his maternity war died while there. After trying a number of things to prevent this, to no avail, he observed the young medical students who went about their duties of doing autopsies on the dead mothers,

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