Joseph Ifeanyi's Blog

I was brought up to believe that the Bible was the Word of God. In early life I accepted it as such upon the authority of my parents, and never gave the question any serious thought. But later in life my faith in the Bible was utterly shattered through the influence of peer group. I found myself face to face with the question, why do I believe the Bible is the Word of God? I had no satisfactory answer. I determined to go to the bottom of this question if I must serve God as presented by Preachers. If satisfactory proof could not be found that the Bible was God's Word I would give the whole thing up, cost what it might. If satisfactory proof could be found that the Bible was God's Word I would take my stand upon it, cost what it might. I doubtless had many friends who could have answered the question satisfactorily, but I was unwilling to confide to them the struggle that was going on in my own heart; so I sought help from God, mentors, Fathers of Faith and from books,