Central Assembly

The Bible's Consistent Message:
The God who created us has acted to rescue us.

The M-A-P Evidence for Scripture's Reliability:
(Christian Research Institute)

> M -- Manuscript Evidence

Kreeft and Tacelli, Boston College
“The manuscripts that we have, in addition to being old, are also mutually reinforcing and consistent. There are very few discrepancies and no really important ones. And all later discoveries of manuscripts, such as Dead Sea Scrolls, have confirmed rather than refuted previously existing manuscripts in every important case. There is simply no other ancient text in nearly as good a shape.”

Luke 1:2b, 3-4 NASB
2 …eyewitnesses… 3 it seemed fitting to me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in an orderly sequence, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.

The M-A-P Evidence for Scripture's Reliability:
(Christian Research Institute)

> M -- Manuscript Evidence

> A -- Archeological Evidence

John 1:14a MSG
14 The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.

* The God of the Bible as acted in time and space

* Archaeological discoveries continue to verify the biblical evidence of that

The M-A-P Evidence for Scripture's Reliability:
(Christian Research Institute)

> M -- Manuscript Evidence

> A -- Archeological Evidence

> Prophetic Evidence

* The movements of people and nations are accurately predicted

* Jesus himself is pictured and prophesied repeatedly