Wesley Huff

go about that or where the proper place to do that was, but I knew that I needed to lean into that to some degree, particularly with the Bible. Cause I was, I was claiming that this Bible talks about this guy, Jesus, and I'm a Christian. So I have a friend, Andy Bannister, he's out in the UK and he says, if you take Christ out of Christian, all you're left with is Ian. Yeah.

go about that or where the proper place to do that was, but I knew that I needed to lean into that to some degree, particularly with the Bible. Cause I was, I was claiming that this Bible talks about this guy, Jesus, and I'm a Christian. So I have a friend, Andy Bannister, he's out in the UK and he says, if you take Christ out of Christian, all you're left with is Ian. Yeah.

go about that or where the proper place to do that was, but I knew that I needed to lean into that to some degree, particularly with the Bible. Cause I was, I was claiming that this Bible talks about this guy, Jesus, and I'm a Christian. So I have a friend, Andy Bannister, he's out in the UK and he says, if you take Christ out of Christian, all you're left with is Ian. Yeah.

And Ian's a great guy. He's not going to save you from your sins. And so, like, if I'm wrong about the Bible, those people who push back on me, right, those skeptics of various worldviews, if the things they were saying about the Bible were true, then it did actually legitimately undermine what I believed. And so I needed to take that seriously.

And Ian's a great guy. He's not going to save you from your sins. And so, like, if I'm wrong about the Bible, those people who push back on me, right, those skeptics of various worldviews, if the things they were saying about the Bible were true, then it did actually legitimately undermine what I believed. And so I needed to take that seriously.

And Ian's a great guy. He's not going to save you from your sins. And so, like, if I'm wrong about the Bible, those people who push back on me, right, those skeptics of various worldviews, if the things they were saying about the Bible were true, then it did actually legitimately undermine what I believed. And so I needed to take that seriously.

I had an obligation to actually investigate those things as far as I could.

I had an obligation to actually investigate those things as far as I could.

I had an obligation to actually investigate those things as far as I could.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest of the Old Testament. So when they were discovered, I mean, so they were discovered in 1946 to 1957. And at that point during their discovery, they pushed back a lot of our previous oldest manuscripts a thousand years, which was a big deal. How old are they? They're anywhere between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century BC.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest of the Old Testament. So when they were discovered, I mean, so they were discovered in 1946 to 1957. And at that point during their discovery, they pushed back a lot of our previous oldest manuscripts a thousand years, which was a big deal. How old are they? They're anywhere between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century BC.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest of the Old Testament. So when they were discovered, I mean, so they were discovered in 1946 to 1957. And at that point during their discovery, they pushed back a lot of our previous oldest manuscripts a thousand years, which was a big deal. How old are they? They're anywhere between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century BC.

So it's kind of tricky because the Dead Sea Scrolls are, they're like a library that we refer to. So it's approximately 970 documents, but it's distributed out between 10,000 and 11,000 fragments. Wow. So there's a lot going on there, right? And some of these, I mean, are so fragmentary that you look at them and it's like confetti. Because they're, I mean, 3,000 years old, but not quite that.

So it's kind of tricky because the Dead Sea Scrolls are, they're like a library that we refer to. So it's approximately 970 documents, but it's distributed out between 10,000 and 11,000 fragments. Wow. So there's a lot going on there, right? And some of these, I mean, are so fragmentary that you look at them and it's like confetti. Because they're, I mean, 3,000 years old, but not quite that.

So it's kind of tricky because the Dead Sea Scrolls are, they're like a library that we refer to. So it's approximately 970 documents, but it's distributed out between 10,000 and 11,000 fragments. Wow. So there's a lot going on there, right? And some of these, I mean, are so fragmentary that you look at them and it's like confetti. Because they're, I mean, 3,000 years old, but not quite that.

They're like 2,000 plus years old.

They're like 2,000 plus years old.

They're like 2,000 plus years old.

Well, all sorts of things, animal skins, papyri, and then some of them are actually done on copper. Really? They're like inscribed in copper.

Well, all sorts of things, animal skins, papyri, and then some of them are actually done on copper. Really? They're like inscribed in copper.