Bestseller revised and reprinted

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Academic celebrates anniversary of “the book that changed the world”

Sonja Larsen
Public relations assistant
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia

An Avondale academic has revised a book about the Bible to coincide with this year’s 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version.

In reprint: Can We Still Believe the Bible? now features two new chapters. Author Dr Bryan Ball revised the book to coincide with this year’s 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version.

Dr Bryan Ball’s Can We Still Believe the Bible? And Does It Really Matter? (Signs Publishing Company) features two new chapters, “The book that changed the world” and “The genius of Genesis.” The honorary senior research fellow writes to show readers the Bible is credible, substantiated and the Word of God.

“The King James Version has influenced the English-speaking world for four centuries, and in much more than matters of faith and religious belief,” says Bryan, a former president of Avondale College of Higher Education and of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. “No other book has played such a major role in the development of Western civilisation.”

Bryan notes the Bible’s foundational role in Western civilisation—promoting values such as freedom and integrity. He believes Western civilisation’s decline may be because it is turning away from the Bible. So, he contends the question, “Can we still believe the Bible?” really does matter. “There has never been a time when truth is of so little consequence. The one million dollar question is, ‘Who do you believe?’”

Evidence such as archaeological discoveries, fulfilled prophesy and historic manuscripts substantiate the Bible and its authenticity, says Bryan. He sees the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version as an opportunity to remind us of the importance of the Bible to our life and to the values of our society.

Inspired by teenagers at a local Seventh-day Adventist church, Bryan first wrote Can We Still Believe the Bible? in 2007. Thousands of copies have been distributed as an evangelistic resource since then.

Can We Still Believe the Bible? is available for $19.95 from Adventist Book Centres.—with Nathan Brown, book editor, Signs Publishing Company