Showing posts with label reliability of the Bible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reliability of the Bible. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Archaeology and the Bible (podcast)

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The Bible is unique among sacred texts in that it is set against a historical backdrop. Do recent archaeological discoveries validate or ...
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...
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...
Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Does the Story of the Resurrection Have a Flaw?

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The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is one of the most well-attested events in antiquity. We have testimony from multiple independen...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Scholars Agree: Luke and Acts are History

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Among skeptics there's a rather vocal contingent that wishes to classify Jesus as mythical and the events of the Apostles as charades. ...
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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Monday, March 30, 2015

How Can the New Testament Be Trusted If the Writers Are Biased?

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There are many people who are skeptical of the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection. Atheist Michael Martin, in hi...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

Claims of Contradictions May Display Prejudice

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The charge of contradiction is one that is easily made. It's simple to take two accounts of the same event that holds different detail...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Unlikely Candidates for Gospel Writers

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Do you ever remember cutting class in High School? Perhaps there was an event you wanted to attend, so you decided to ditch one day. The pr...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels – Evidence for John

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Who wrote the Gospel of John? While our modern Bibles attach John's name to the beginning of the Gospel, John (just like the other gos...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels - Evidence for Luke

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Last week, I wrote about how the early church fathers provided testimony going all the way back to the disciples of the apostles themselv...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Hidden Ways the Gospels Prove Reliable (video)

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Can we trust the Gospels? Why should people place their trust in documents written so long ago that don't even agree with each other?...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Who Wrote the Gospels – Testimony from the Church Fathers

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In my interactions with skeptics, I've noticed a recurring trend. They take a certain pride being both skeptical and reasonable. They ...
Monday, February 09, 2015

How to Quickly Debunk the Horus-Jesus Myth

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I remember the first time I heard the story of the Las Vegas vacationer who took a girl back to his hotel room but passed out, only to awak...
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Friday, January 30, 2015

Why You Can Be Confident We Have the Original Bible Texts

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Earlier this week, I mentioned the Newsweek cover article entitled " The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin " written by Kur...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Is the Bible Reliable Since Its Been Translated So Many Times?

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When Google's translation page first came out, some friends and I would have a little fun translating the web page of our employer fro...
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