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There are those who believe that the Bible is full of such contradictions and errors. These errors are trumpeted as proof that the Bible cannot be authoritative and inerrant and therefore it is foolish to believe anything it says. Lists of these alleged contradictions can be found in multiple websites from Islamic apologists and atheists, agnostics, and skeptics. However, the Bible has been around for thousands of years and skeptics have tried for the entire duration to show its faults and prove its lack of authenticity and authority. When looking at the charges of contradiction, we find that the same verses are brought up over and over even through biblical scholars have long since shown the contradiction does not exist. This lesson will help prepare you for such an encounter by working through some of the most popular "contradictions" brought up against the reliability of the Scriptures. It is doubtful that you will be able to remember all these but this document may be helpful at a later date as you refe

Since hell is no longer seen as an unavoidable fate for the unbeliever, it is often seen as incredibly offensive to tell anyone that people will actually go to such a place ��� a strange mixture of the writings of Dante, Edwards, Milton, Goethe, and the Bible. The main problem non-Christians see in the Christian belief in hell is an apparent contradiction that the Christian's belief in a God of unimaginable love could never be so unloving as to send people to a place of such unimaginable torment. While a belief in hell may stun our modern sensibilities, hell is a topic we must consider. Instead of starting with the infallible truth of Scripture, people discuss hell with their personal definitions of "fair" and "just" and "right" and "true." In doing so, personal sentiments and emotions are given a greater weight than the Word of God. When an apparent contradiction is "uncovered" between the horror of hell and the love of God, a panic-stricken search to reconcile the two begins. Too often, the solution

Over the last several years, we have heard the word "billion" used too many times in the news. We keep hearing of billions of dollars being spent on the war against terror and the hundreds of billions of dollars given in the bailout. DO we know what that number means? A million seconds in the past was twelve days ago. A billion seconds in the past was 331 years ago. A trillion seconds in the past was 31,688 years ago. It's almost hard to comprehend a billion of anything. We also use the term "billion" when we talk about the number of people on this planet who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are approximately six billion people on this planet at any given moment and that number continues to increase by a net gain of about 200,000 each day. Of this incredible mass of people, it is estimated that as many as 1/3 of the total are completely ignorant of the name of Jesus Christ. What is the eternal destiny of these 2 billion souls? Are these people really headed for a place called hell? A person'