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Has the Bible Been Corrupted? (Part 1)--Audio

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

How often have you heard people say—“You can’t be sure you have the Bible in its original form. The Bible has lots of errors and mistakes since it was written and transmitted over several thousand years.” Both Mormons and Muslims claim the Bible has been corrupted in transmission. Atheists and modernists have waged an aggressive war against the Bible for over a century. They have succeeded in undermining public confidence in the authenticity of the text of the Bible. What does the evidence show?
Has the Bible Been Corrupted? (Part 2)--Audio

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

The second installment recaps the categories of evidence that verify the integrity of the New Testament. The transmission process is explained in terms of the types of unintentional errors that naturally entered into the manuscript copies that were generated through the centuries.
Has the Bible Been Corrupted? (Part 3)--Audio

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

This installment identifies additional causes of textual variants among the Greek manuscripts as they were produced by scribes and copyists through the centuries. The "errors" are easily decipherable, enabling the student to recognize the original reading by the inspired writer as God intended, thus verifying the integrity of the text of the New Testament.
Has the Bible Been Corrupted? (Part 4)--Audio

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

Installment #4 in the series continues an examination of the kinds of textual variants that characterize the extant Greek manuscripts that underlie the text of the New Testament. Perusing samples of these "errors" demonstrates that the majority of such variants pertain to minor matters, and the few that are of more significance do not affect doctrine. Dr. Miller leads the listener through an analysis of an actual textual variant in order to show how one may arrive at the original reading.
Has the Bible Been Corrupted? (Part 5)--Audio

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

The final installment in the series offers additional textual variants to further underscore the fact that the vast majority of manuscript differences pertain to minor matters and may be easily deciphered. The integrity and authenticity of the text of the Bible has not been undermined by the transmission process. We can know we have the Bible as God intended!
Intentional Errors | Has the Bible Been Corrupted?

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

As copies of the Bible were being made, sometimes the scribes or monks who were transcribing the texts introduced intentional changes. These were not a miscreant act to alter the text, but what a scribe may have felt needed to be changed, such as what he thought might have been a misspelled word. In this lesson, Dave Miller, Ph.D., discusses these different types of intentional errors and if they affected the message of the Bible.
Introduction | Has the Bible Been Corrupted?

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

Has the Bible been corrupted? Can we be sure the Bible is God's word? Skeptics, atheists, and other religions have aggressively attacked the Bible for centuries. How do their arguments fair against the historical and documented history? Join Dave Miller, Ph.D., in this first part of a nine-session series, where he provides easy-to-understand answers to these important questions.
The Translation Process Works | Has the Bible Been Corrupted?

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

How do we know the Bible was preserved accurately? First, we have seen that the Greek text has been authenticated and textual variants are minimal. In this segment, join Dave Miller, Ph.D., as he discusses the translation process and how it corroborates the accuracy of the original text.
Translation Differences Are Decipherable | Has the Bible Been Corrupted?

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

Has the Bible been corrupted in its transmission? Can we know that we have the New Testament that God intended us to have? Join Dave Miller, Ph.D., as he answers these questions and demonstrates that the Bible text we have today is trustworthy. Dr. Miller addresses a third proof for the Bible's preservation from the translation processes.
Unintentional Errors | Has the Bible Been Corrupted?

by Dave Miller, Ph.D.

During the first few centuries after Jesus' death, the Bible was transmitted through copies of the original letters. Since persecution was intense against Christianity, any copies would have been produced by individual members. Later centuries saw larger standardized methods for producing copies to distribute. What types of unintentional errors could occur and how widespread or complete would these errors be? Join Dr. Dave Miller as he discusses the historical context and the manuscript evidence