Mistakes Were Made In Copying God’s Word. Was the Purity of the Bible Text Threatened? Were These Serious Enough to Ruin the Message of the Bible?

Sadly, 30 years ago, almost all Christians would have been stunned if they had heard that there were intentional and unintentional changes made in the process of copying the manuscripts of the New Testament over a 1,400 year period, some 400,000+ variants. What does this mean for our translations? Can they be trusted?

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https://christianpublishinghou....se.co/2019/03/11/mis

What Do We Know About Books, Reading, and Writing; Literacy In Early Christianity?

Rome was a complex society. Levels of literacy were fluid because of the conditions of the day being as culturally and ethnically diverse as it was. The Roman Empire from the first century to the fourth century was as culturally and ethnically diverse as New York City and its five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. "Jesus was born in such a literate, well-documented period." - Paul Barnett, Is the New Testament Reliable? (2003, 2.

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The Early Christian’s View of the Integrity of the Greek New Testament Books

Many modern-day historians and textual scholars claim that the early Christians did not view the New Testament books as inspired. Was the canonicity, authenticity, and the integrity of the 27 New Testament Bible Books built into Christianity right from the very start? What is the truth?

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https://christianpublishinghou....se.co/2019/11/30/the

? of the night: Can women hold the office of deacon?

https://www.rferl.org/a/early-....slavs-archeological-

https://dallas.culturemap.com/....news/city-life/02-19

I have to say, a week of no water and we are thankful it was one day, but still, the last week of the winter weather helped our family identify areas of needed preparation.

I couldn't find one here on CT yet unless I overlooked it, but it had me contemplate the idea of domestic preparation as part of homesteading.

I didn't know if a Domestic Prepping group would be more adequate to post this question, or if it can be incorporated here, but is there a checklist for people to assess (without Mother Nature's help) of ways to prepare?

When one of our brothers—when one of the faithful pastors in this country is locked in jail by an unfaithful government—it shouldn’t be controversial to say we should side with the faithful pastor, not the unfaithful government."

https://slowtowrite.com/the-ca....nadian-government-is

Hundreds of ancient Arabic, Syriac, Hagiographic and, biblical manuscripts from St. Catherine’s Monastery are now digitized and available online for further study

https://sinaimanuscripts.library.ucla.edu/