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Questioning Scripture: Did Hebrew Slaves Live in Ancient Egypt?
Did Israelites ever live in Egypt? Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Exodus When I was growing up, a lot of people I knew believed the Biblical narrative of the Exodus was at least based on a true story. Even skeptics accepted basic details like the Hebrews being enslaved in Egypt. Today, not so much. Skeptics […]
Contradictions in the Gospels? Dealing with the Differences
Audio Presentation Contradictions in the Gospels? Dealing with the Differences Why trust the Gospels when there are so many differences among them? Skeptics like Bart Ehrman say they are filled with discrepancies large and small. Learn how to deal with the differences in key Gospel stories by exploring precision and accuracy, focusing on variation and […]
Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Old Testament
THE TABLE BRIEFING Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Old Testament BY DARRELL L. BOCK AND MIKEL DEL ROSARIO FORMAT: PDF SOURCE: BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, 174 (October-December 2017): 460-70 THIS PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE IS PART OF THE TABLE BRIEFING SERIES. ©2017 BY DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. USED BY PERMISSION. Download PDF INTRODUCTION A strong sense of historical skepticism prompts many archaeologists and historians to challenge the […]
Did Jesus Exist?
PRESENTATION Did Jesus Exist? Doubting Jesus: A Doubter's Guide to Ancient, Non-Christian Sources By Mikel Del Rosario Doubting Jesus As part of the Reasons to Believe series at Sun Valley Community Church (Gilroy, CA), I presented a talk on key ancient, non-Christian sources which help build a historical case for the existence of Jesus to […]
Did the Apostles Really Die as Martyrs?
Evidence That Demands a Verdict Growing up, I had a lot of questions about the faith. So I went looking for answers. One of the first apologetics books I discovered on my dad’s shelf was Josh McDowell’s classic work, Evidence that Demands a Verdict. My dad even arranged for me to meet Josh while I […]