Showing posts with label canon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canon. Show all posts
Monday, November 23, 2015

Did the New Testament Authors Know They Were Writing Scripture?

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The New Testament is crucial to Christianity. It provides the basis of knowledge not simply for Jesus's life and ministry, but also ...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

"Lost Gospels" are to the Gospels as Sci-Fi is to Shakespeare

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Yesterday, I began to discuss the so-called Lost Gospels, those second and third century writings claiming to be Gospel accounts by Ap...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Why There's No Such Thing as a Lost Gospel

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Are there really "lost" Gospel texts that were eliminated from the Bible? The claim has been circulating for many decades now...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Why Those "Lost Books" of the Bible Don't Cut It

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What is it that separates those sixty-six ancient texts that we call collectively The Bible from the many other ancient texts which have ex...
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

What Distinguishes a Text as Scripture? Authority Matters

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How do we understand which books to fall into the frame of Scripture? Craig Blomberg, in his book Can We Trust the Bible? offers three br...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

The Gospel of Judas Rears Its Head on CNN

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"Jesus wanted to be sacrificed. He asked Judas to betray him. Judas asks, 'Why me?' Jesus says, 'because you're the...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

What Did Jesus Consider as Scripture?

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When we discuss the makeup of the Bible, the New Testament is usually the center of discussion. Given the discoveries of various 2nd and...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Did the Church Pick and Choose Bible Books?

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Recently, some friends and I were discussing the Protestant claim of relying on the Bible alone as the source of authority for...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Dealing with All Those "Lost Gospel" Claims

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Did the church fathers pick and choose which gospels to include in the Bible by selecting the ones they like and rejecting others? What ...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

How to Know the Bible is Really from God

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When asked why they hold to certain beliefs or why they feel acting in a certain manner is a wrong, Christians will usually point to the ...
Saturday, November 02, 2013

How Heresies Tried to Change Scripture

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Were books left out of the Bible? What are heresies against scripture? How did the early church determine which writings should be recog...