Research has been done on the scientific statements in scripture. No errors found so far.

What do you make of the following letter?  Especially the statement, "Research has been done on the scientific statements in scripture. No errors found so far."
That doesn't jibe with my memories of the class on the Old Testament I took in college.  Much of the class tied OT stories to other legends, not to scientific facts.
--Phillip


from Winchester Star letters

Time of year near when faithful join together

It is time to greet the faithful with those amazing words; "He IS risen," and hear their joyous reply; "He is risen INDEED!"

Each year, we believers in the historical, traditional, reality of the resurrection of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, have more and more to rejoice over as the marvels of the information age provide details to add to the veracity of our deeply held beliefs. Some of these include:

A recent book entitled "Every Prophecy of the Bible," which lists over 1,000 predictions (or prophecies) stated in Scripture. It points out that about half of them have proven to be true, and about half are for future times. Things like the reemergence of Israel as a state, naming Cyrus, King of Persia 300 years before his birth, and many about the Christ Himself. That is 100 percent accuracy. The Book can be trusted. No author has ever even attempted this feat.

Research has been done on the scientific statements in scripture. No errors found so far. Fathers of disciplines such as Oceanography and Weather found their guidance in the Bible. Names like, Kepler, Newton, and many more all found their inspiration in scripture. As a Nuclear Weapons Employment Officer, I was able to get my directions from Ezekiel 39,12-15, 9,10.

Amazing! I have a list of more than 100 items like this. The Book was written from 4,000-2,000 years ago. Think about that.

Then there are the recent debates in cosmology. Seems the evidence is growing for the possibility that our little earth is at or very near the center of what's happening out there after all.

Well, how about the reliability of the manuscripts? No one questions Plato's, Caesar's, or Pliny's existence, but there is a 500 year gap between the writing of the Iliad and the oldest manuscripts (643 extant), 1,000 years for the Gallic Wars (10 extant), Pliny's writings, 750 years, etc. But for the New Testament alone, there are more than 25,000 fragments extant, and the oldest is dated a mere 25 years after it was written. Yet people say the Bible is unreliable. Speaking of unreliable, I understand that student history books are editing out any reference to God in historical documents such as the Mayflower Compact. That is dishonesty at its ugliest.

It will always be by faith we believe, but it is comforting to know that there is more and more evidence to under-gird that faith, even at this late date.

He is risen, indeed!

Tom Eynon

Pond Street