We begin a look at the manuscript evidence for the Bible.

We cover two topics in this session, the manuscript evidence for the New Testament as well as the Old Testament Canon - how the Old Testament books were selected to be part of the Bible.

We look at the New Testament canon, how the New Testament books were examined and selected to be part of our Bible.

We look at the disciplines of Higher Criticism which concerns itself with questions of authorship, canonicity, date, and audience.

We look at the discipline of Textual Criticism in determining the original text of the Bible.

We take a look at some examples of how to use Textual Criticism to determine what the original text of the Bible should be.

We look at the various translations and Bible versions as well as discuss the methodology and disciplines for translating the Scriptures.

A look at the English Translations of the Bible, both early and modern.

We begin our discussion of the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit by looking at the Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit.

What are the many ministries of the Holy Spirit in the lives of both believers and unbelievers?