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Serving Sunday AM Sunday PM WednesdayUsher Craig Foster Craig Foster Craig Foster

Opening Prayer Lamar McDonald Song Service

Opening/Head Curt Davis

Communion Grant HainesBarry Root

Anthony Ward

Song Leader Aaron VanFleet Stan Mellor Chris Willis

Announcement Anthony Ward Lamar McDonald Rob Wade

Adult Class Stan Mellor

Invitation Anthony Ward

But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD,

Because He has dealt bountifully with me.Psalm 13:5-6

Hymns Invitation

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Why I Believe

Satan’s War Against FaithI Corinthians 1:18-21

“knowledge” vs. knowledgeOur war against Satan is with knowledge

II Corinthians 10:4-5

Identity of Worldly KnowledgeEvolution – our ungodly originPrehistory – our unbiblical pastTheology – our less than divine GodPsychology – our carnal mind

Identity of Worldly KnowledgeEvolution – our ungodly originPrehistory – our unbiblical pastTheology – our less than divine GodPsychology – our carnal mind

Romans 1:18-23 – God manifested in creation

Identity of Worldly KnowledgeEvolution – our ungodly originPrehistory – our unbiblical pastTheology – our less than divine GodPsychology – our carnal mind

Romans 1:18-23 – God manifested in creation

An Inspired MessageIF – THEN

IF there is a God/CreatorTHEN this God would communicate

An Inspired MessageInspired Messages/Books

The Old TestamentThe New TestamentThe KoranThe Bhagivad Gita

An Inspired MessageInspired Messages/Books

The Book of MormonDoctrinal books

Methodist DisciplineThe Watchtower

Why Believe the BibleThe Bible is validated throughout historyModern changes in thought

Historiography vs. archeologyRecords vs. interpretations

Genesis 6-9: the Flood

The MOST recorded event in ancient history

230 accounts around the entire world

Parallels to the account in Genesis

Genesis 6-9: the Flood88% Single out a favored individual or family70% Survival due to a boat66% The Flood came as a result of wickedness67% Animals saved along with human beings57% The survivors end up on a mountain 66% The hero receives warning of the flood

Genesis 11: Tower of Babel

“Dispersion theory”: Cultures have similar practices when they have a common source/history

The “tower to heaven”

Genesis 11: Tower of Babel

The Problem of the Caucasus

The History of IsraelNations and men once thought mythical

HittitesMoabitesBelshazzarDavid

His-story of IsraelNations and men once thought mythical

HittitesMoabitesBelshazzarDavid

His-Story of IsraelThe campaign into Israel by Pharaoh Shishak (1 Kings 14:25-26) is recorded on the walls of the Temple of Amun in Thebes, Egypt.

His-Story of Israel

The revolt of Moab against Israel(2 Kings 1:1; 3:4-27) is recorded on the Mesha Inscription.

His-Story of Israel

The fall of Samaria(2 Kings 17:3-6, 24; 18:9-11) to Sargon II, king of Assyria, is recorded on his palace walls.

His-Story of Israel

The defeat of Ashdod by Sargon II (Isaiah 20:1) is recorded on his palace walls.

His-Story of IsraelThe campaign of the Assyrian king Sennacherib against Judah (2 Kings 18:13-16) is recorded on the Taylor Prism.

His-Story of IsraelThe siege of Lachish by Sennacherib (2 Kings 18:14, 17) is recorded on the Lachish reliefs.

His-Story of IsraelThe fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kings 24:10-14) is recorded in the Babylonian Chronicles.

His-Story of Israel

The captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in Babylon (2 Kings 24:15-16) is recorded on the Babylonian Ration Records.

His-Story of Israel The fall of Babylon to the

Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:30-31) is recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder.

His-Story of IsraelThe freeing of captives in Babylon by Cyrus the Great (Ezra 1:1-4; 6:3-4) is recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder.

Signet SealsBaruch (Jeremiah 45:1)King Ahaz King JeroboamHezekiah’s servants (II Chronicles 27)

Erastus Acts 19:22

CaiaphasMatthew 23:3

Pontius PilateJohn 19:1-7

Lucius Junius Gallio AnnaeanusActs 18

Do Others Fair as Well?Does the Koran?

Samaritans built the Golden Calf

Joseph was purchased with drachmas

Alexander the great (Muslim) died an old man

Do Others Fair as Well?Does the Book of Mormon?

Consider the search for “Lehi”

At BYU they also appeared to be intrigued by the "blood of Lehi." Mormon researchers there gathered DNA samples from 100,000 volunteers around the world, which included South America and Israel. They hoped somehow to prove the claims made more than a century ago by Joseph Smith, that there is a connection between ancient Israel and modern Native Americans. ……….Ironically, the database compiled by BYU can only conclude that there is no evidence of a Native American/Israel connection.

Do Others Fair as Well?Does the Book of Mormon?

Consider the search for “Lehi”

The Search for Cumorah

According to the Book of Mormon, at least 230,000 men died in battle at the Hill Cumorah. Also, this battle was about 1/10 the size of the battle which took place at the same location approximately 1,000 years earlier when, according to Ether 15:2 "nearly two millions" of the Jaredites had their last great battle. However, there is literally not a trace of archaeological evidence to support the claim that so many men died in battle at the tiny hill

We Believe…. to what end?Acts 17:24-28