The Textual Reliability of the Bible

As Christians, the Bible is central to everything we do and believe. But since it was written so long ago and copied and translated so many times, can we really be confident that our modern Bibles accurately reflect the original text? Has the Bible been changed over time? In this video, we'll walk through the entire process of how we got our Bibles and examine key manuscripts and textual variants. Along the way we will learn the basics of textual criticism and develop a greater confidence in Isaiah's promise that "the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." Timestamps... 00:00 Intro 00:35 Challenges to NT 02:53 God and Inspiration 3:59 People and Autographs 5:09 Copies of Text 6:43 More Copies 8:29 Earlier Copies 10:41 Church Father Quotations 11:40 How We Know Nothing has Been Changed 13:31 The Old Testament 14:50 The Scholastic Consensus 15:33 Textual Variants 18:09 John 8:1-11 20:17 Mark 16:9-20 23:23 1 John 5:7 24:34 Textual Criticism 26:53 Critical Text and Translation 28:38 Conclusion