{"id":4437,"date":"2013-01-25T14:41:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2013-01-25T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:42:23","slug":"where-did-the-bible-come-from-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2013\/where-did-the-bible-come-from-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Where did the Bible come from? (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"308\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/images\/origin-of-the-bible-poster.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"431\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Origin of the Bible\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Who decided which books should be a part of the Bible?<\/li>\n<li>\nWhy are there so many different Bibles?<\/li>\n<li>What did the people of God do before the Bible existed?<\/li>\n<li>Why are some Bibles bigger than others?<\/li>\n<li>Why aren&#8217;t there more books in the Bible? &nbsp;Could another book be added today?<\/li>\n<li>Do we really have the same books that were written thousands of years ago? &nbsp;Aren&#8217;t they just copies of copies?<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to be teaching the 7 part series <b>&#8220;Where did the Bible come from?&#8221;<\/b> again &#8211; this time at the church in Santa Barbara. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll be starting tonight, and presenting one part every other week.<\/p>\n<p>I would appreciate your prayers tonight as we talk about the resurrection, and hear wisdom and &#8220;wisdom&#8221; (so-called) from &#8211; well, everyone from early historians to apostles to a modern enlightenment guru!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who decided which books should be a part of the Bible? 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