The Reliability of The Bible / Dr. Matthew Heckel

This equipping event is being brought to you by ReThink315 in partnership with the Journey Church (West County). This is the second event in a six event series. All teens – adults welcome.

TOPIC: Reliability of the Bible

SPEAKER: Dr. Matthew Heckel

QUESTION: Can we actually trust the Bible?

Has it been changed over time? Was it manipulated by church leaders? How do we know what we have today reflects what was originally written?

In this session, Dr. Heckel will guide us through the historical and manuscript evidence behind Scripture. You’ll learn how the Bible was transmitted, preserved, and tested — and why scholars across the world continue to affirm its remarkable reliability.

This isn’t about blind faith. It’s about informed confidence. You’ll walk away better equipped to respond to common objections and stronger in your own trust in God’s Word.

SPEAKER BIO:

Matthew Heckel, PhD
Heritage Classical Christian Academy, Covenant Theological Seminary, Missouri Baptist University

Dr. Matt Heckel teaches apologetics, history, and Latin at Heritage Classical Christian Academy, Reformation and Modern Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary, and various historical classes at Missouri Baptist University. His Ph.D. is in Reformation Studies from Concordia Seminary St. Louis, and he has an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of His Spear Through My Side into Luther: Calvin’s Relationship to Luther’s Doctrine of the Will and the editor of the forthcoming The Grace Debates: Turning Points in the History of the Doctrine of Grace. He has been published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Presbyterion, Church History, Integritè, and contributed to the T&T Clark Companion to Reformation Theology.