The Story of the Bible Seminars

Fascinating stories (they really are!) come alive in these fact-filled, fast-paced, power-point illustrated 45-minute seminars on the history of the Bible. Each of the three can stand alone, but there is no overlap so that all three can be enjoyed together.

A Forbidden Book: Wycliffe, Tyndale, and the English Bible before 1611 -- No nation suppressed the Bible in its own language as effectively as England did before the 16th century. But the English people had a hunger to read the Bible themselves. This is the exciting story of the struggle to make the Bible available so that even "the boy that drives the plow" (to use Tyndale's phrase) can know God's Word. Includes a fascinating look at the same page from three Gutenberg Bibles.

The King James Bible: The  story of the most influential book in the English language -- Political ambition, the most splendid age in English literature, a new king, and six committees all came together to create a translation that helped form the English language and unite Christians around the world. The King James Bible has given context to our literature; it has inspired our music; and for centuries it was the one book a family would own and read before all others.

The Story of the Bible: Highlights from the fascinating history of its writing, translation and effect on civilization -- How reliable is the text of the Bible we have today? The story of the most important Old Testament manuscripts and an account of the Indiana-Jones-like adventure of discovering the oldest complete New Testament give us an answer. Do all translations say the same thing? This seminar includes the stories of Mary Jones, who walked 50 miles to buy her own Bible and two Nez Perces chiefs, who walked 4,000 miles to find theirs.

 To host these seminars, contact Larry Stone at LarryRHP@aol.com or 615-364-9038 for details.