Exploring the Bible

Common Bible Questions (Some of these numbers will change depending on which translation of the Bible you are using.)   1.      How many books in the Bible? a.       Catholic Bible – 73   (First assembled around 382 A.D.) b.      Protestant – 66   (First assembled around 1529 A.D.) c.      Eastern Orthodox Bible – 79 to 81 (varies)    (First assembled sometime in the 4 th century A.D.) d.     Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) – 24 (Believe finalized around 164 B.C) (For the following answers we will use only the Protestant Bible.) 2.      How many pages in the Bible? This depends on the page size, font, line spacing and what version of the Bible you are reading. Each of these will have a vastly different page count. 3.      How many words in the Bible? 783,137 4.      How many chapters in th...

  Random information from the Bible (What the Bible Teaches)   1.      What are the Ten Commandments? a.       I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange gods before me. b.      You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. c.       Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day. d.      Honor your father and mother. e.       You shall not kill. f.       You shall not commit adultery. g.      You shall not steal. h.      You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. i.        You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. j.        You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.   2.      What are the Beatitudes? a.       Blessed are the poor in spirit, for...

  Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and other Mysteries of the Unseen World By Lee Strobel Published by Zondervan 320 Pages Published on March 18, 2025 Lee Strobel was once an investigative reporter in Chicago. He had very little use for Christians and did not believe in God. At some point, he turned his investigative techniques to the question of Faith and God and found there was a surprising amount of evidence in favor of the divine. He became a Christian and began writing a series of books to help people see that there really is evidence for God if you just look. In his latest book, Strobel turns his attention to the supernatural. Is there a supernatural realm that exists outside or in conjunction with our physical world? Are Angels real? Do Demons stalk the earth doing the Devil’s bidding? Is there any such thing as a miracle, a near-death experience (NDE), or a mystic dream? What about ghosts, spirits, and psychics? Do they reall...

  John 3:16, you see it everywhere, at sporting events, on billboards, T-shirts, yard signs, and online. It is perhaps the most searched Bible Phrase in history. A recent study indicated people search for John 3:16 approximately 70,000 times each day. That is over two million Google searches each month. Why is this single verse so popular? Why do so many people have questions about what it says and what it means? There could be any number of reasons for so many to be curious, but the fact is, this single verse sums up the basis of Christian Faith in just twenty-five words.   "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16   In order to find out what makes this verse so special, we need to break it down. Let us look at the five elements of this passage. Beginning with, “For God so loved the world.” This is not a statement of love for the physical world, the planet Ear...