Bible Studies

Resources from various Bible studies held at St. Matthew will be archived here.  

Apologetics: Is the Bible Really True?

• April 22nd - Historical and Textual Criticism - Good or bad for the Church?
• April 15th - The Reliability of the Text  
  • New Testament Reliability and Other Ancient Documents Chart
  • Cyrus Cylinder
  • Pilate Stone
  • Hezekiah Bulla
  • Isaiah Bulla
  • Faith Under Fire: The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction - w/ Dr. Gary Habermas
  • Recent Changes to the Greek Text - and the impact on your Bible!
• April 8th - Lots of Errors and Lots of Manuscripts  Audio Player
  • Manuscript Error Illustration
• March 25th - What is Canon? Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player
• March 18th - Timeline of How We Got the Bible Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player Audio Player
  • The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
  • The Gutenberg Bible
  • The Saint John's Bible
  • How to Make Papyrus
  • How Parchment is Made
• March 11th - An Introduction to the Need for Apologetics
  • Five Reasons to Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead
  • Is There Any Evidence for Jesus Outside the Bible

A Surveying of Christian Denominations

•  January 7th
  • LCMS slides 
  • American Lutheran Denominations: A Comparison Sheet
• January 14th
  • WELS slides 
  • ELCA slides 
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  • Roman Catholic slides
  • Eastern Orthodox slides
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  • Calvin, Reformed, and Presbyterian
  • American Theological Movements
  • Family Tree of Christian Denominations
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  • Baptists
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  • Church of Christ/Christian Church
  • United Church of Christ
  • Anglicans
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  • Methodist
  • Pentecostal
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  • Evangelical Free Church of America
  • Evangelical Covenant Church
• A Glossary of Differing Denominational Teachings
• Appendix
  • Eastern Orthodox slides, revised
  • Church of the Nazarene
  • Christ Triumphant