Is the Bible Historically Reliable? (Series: Faith That Can Answer Back, Episode 4)

Examining Scripture Before Calling It Revelation

If God exists… has He spoken?

That’s the question we step into in this episode.

After exploring the case for God’s existence in Episode 3, we now turn to the Bible — not as a sacred assumption, but as a historical claim. Before calling it revelation, we ask a more foundational question:

Can the Bible be trusted as history?

In this episode, we take a careful, investigative approach:

• Is the Bible rooted in real historical events — or is it myth?
• Has the text been preserved accurately over time?
• What did Jesus believe about Scripture?
• Do archaeology and prophecy support or undermine its claims?

Rather than relying on blind faith or dismissive skepticism, we examine the evidence step by step — following a cumulative case approach influenced by the work of Norman Geisler and his book Twelve Points That Show Christianity Is True.

This episode doesn’t ask you to assume the Bible is divine.

It asks whether it is reliable enough to be taken seriously.

Because if the Bible is historically grounded and carefully preserved, then a new possibility begins to emerge — not yet proven, but worth considering:

That this may not just be humanity reaching for God…

…but God revealing Himself.

Next episode, we move to the center of the entire discussion:

Jesus — and the resurrection.

The truth matters, and so do you.