Apologetics in Scripture

The witness of believable people starts with that of Christ Himself. Christ is generally accepted as having lived and as being both truthful and intelligent, even by those that do not believe in the Christian faith. As Ernest L. Martin points out, "The central proof of the Bible is Christ." A strong case can be made for the authenticity of the Bible simply on the fact that Jesus quoted it in numerous places. In Isaiah 29:13, for example, the prophet writes "...this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men," and in Mark 7:6 and 7, Jesus quotes Isaiah, saying, "This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men" ("Jesus Quotes," KJV). There are many other examples of such quotes by Jesus from the Old Te

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Weldon). History is a friend of the Bible, as "it is not only a demonstrable historical fact that Jesus lived and taught what the New Testament says He lived and taught, it is also a fact that the bible is the best-documented and most accurately preserved book of ancient history" (Ankerberg & Weldon). As Ankerberg and Weldon point out, "That means we can trust what the authors say as true." Renowned Jewish archaeologist Nelson Glueck wrote, "It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference" and asserted "the most incredibly accurate historical memory of the Bible, and particularly so when it is fortified by archaeological fact" (Cook). Millar Burrows of Yale observes, "Archaeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics. It has shown in a number of instances that these views rest on false assumptions and unreal, artificial schemes of historical development. This is a real contribution, and not to be minimized" (Cook). Sir Frederic Kenyon has said, "The evidence of archaeology has been to re-establish its authority, and likewise to augment its value by rendering it more intelligible through a fuller knowledge of its background and setting" (Cook
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