Bible
Have We Lost the Message of the New Testament?
Lost the Plot? Have we lost the message of the New Testament through irreparable corruptions of the text? That's what some people wonder when the conversation turns to the issue of textual variants---differences in the biblical manuscripts we've discovered over the years. For many people, issues surrounding the way the text was hand-copied can make […]
Forgery in the Bible: Was Mark's Gospel Forged?
Forgery in the Bible? Was the Gospel of Mark really just an old forgery? That’s something you might hear liberal scholars say about a lot of books in the New Testament. For example, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy wrote this in a book called the Jesus Mysteries: In the first four centuries, every single [New Testament] document was at […]
Two Contradictory Creation Stories in Genesis?
A Tale of Two Stories Ever met someone who said you shouldn’t trust the Bible because of contradictions in the text? I remember talking with a skeptic I’ll call “Julie” (not her real name or photo) while travelling to Northern California from down south. I don’t remember how the conversation began, but I do remember […]
How to Defend a Defense of the Faith (with Scripture)
Defending a Defense of the Faith Isn't apologetics just for seminary students, pastors and stuffy professor-types? Somehow, many Christians have gotten the idea that apologetics is just a hobby for Christian intellectuals or people who are into debate. Maybe you know students at your church who've sat though an apologetics presentation going, "This might be […]
Is the Bible from God?
Is the Bible really from God? I just did a workshop on this very topic for about sixty 5th and 6th graders at Bayside Church in Granite Bay, CA. I wanted to help Christian kids talk about this stuff with their friends. But I knew it had to be simple to get and easy to […]