Craig T. Owens

Our annual Q Series is where folks send their questions to me on a variety of subjects and we do our best to answer them. This week many of the questions were about the Bible. Questions like:

• What books should be included in the Bible?
• What about Bible translations?
• Is it okay for the Bible to have pictures in it?

Here’s what we discussed, along with the time this discussion appears on the video:

• How was it decided what books would be included in the New Testament? [5:38] **Be sure to check out this post: How We Got The Bible on Biblegateway.
• J. Warner Wallace’s list of criteria for New Testament books [9:45]
• Did contemporary sources support or refute the New Testament authors? [11:45]
• How did the final 27 books of the New Testament make the list? [15:02]
• How was it decided what books would be included in the Old Testament? [18:22]
• Evidence presented by the Apostle Paul [20:31]
• How do we know the Scriptures were accurately transcribed? [22:50] **Be sure to check out this post: Why Trust The Bible? on Biblegateway.
• The history surrounding the complete Latin Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls [23:45]
• What are Bible translations and paraphrases (with references to the Wycliffe Bible and the discovery of the Rosetta Stone)? [25:45]
• Some cautions about Bible paraphrases [33:23]
• Is it okay for a Bible to have pictures in it? [35:16]
• Are icons of the Cross acceptable or a blasphemy? [37:42]
• How can someone better understand the Bible when they read it for themselves? [41:32]
• Why ask questions? [48:39]

We’ll be discussing more questions this upcoming Sunday, so be sure to send them my way. For all of the ways you can send questions, please click here.