Series: Understanding Your Religion
The New Testament Record
The Doctrine of Inspiration - Part 2
By: Mike Mazzalongo Posted: April, 2015
This lesson continues the review of the making of the bible with a discussion on how the Old and New Testaments were gathered and the criteria used to select the inspired books into the canon.
Discussion Questions
- Summarize how the early Christians received written instruction from the Apostles and other influential teachers.
- Summarize the formation of the New Testament writings as discussed in the text.
- State the major division of the New Testament.
- What is one way that Hebrews and Jude can be accepted as inspired even though the author is not known?
- Why are various translations still accepted as inspired even though they use different language than the earliest manuscripts?
- Read II Corinthians 4:7 and I Timothy 2:3-4 and discuss how these apply to the compiling and value of scripture.