From our study on church history, we take some time to examine the evidence for the spread and acceptance of the 27 books of the New Testament as containing the authoritative teachings of Christ and the Apostles.
Category: Defending the Bible
Are There Inconsistencies & Errors in the Bible? (“It’s No Trouble at All” – Part 5)
In this 5th session addressing the video by YouTuber, PineCreek, “How to Cause Trouble in Church”, Pastor Marc addresses the issues whether the Old and New Testaments present a consistent message as well as some alleged errors in the Bible.
Eyewitness Accounts & Luke’s Relationship With Paul (“It’s No Trouble at All” – Part 3)
In this 3rd session addressing the video by YouTuber, PineCreek, “How to Cause Trouble in Church”, Pastor Marc addresses the issue of the Gospel authors being eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus and whether Luke’s relationship to Paul should be called into question.
Misquotes, Evidence, and Missing Records (“It’s No Trouble at All” – Part 2)
In his Wednesday evening class, Pastor Marc responds to the video by Douglas (PineCreek) Letkeman. In his original video, Douglas makes the challenge of 10 issues which he claims cast doubt on the Bible’s historicity and would therefore “cause trouble in church”. This video deals with the first 3.
Sermon: “Did Jesus Really Do That?” (THE GOSPEL, Part 64)
In John chapter 8 we get a beautiful picture of the Gospel of Christ in the account of the woman caught in adultery. This passage also gives us an opportunity to look at how Bible scholars know that the Scripture is an accurate and reliable accounting of the life and teachings of Jesus.
Podcast: “Have books been taken out of the Bible?”
In this episode, Pastor Marc addresses the question, “Are there missing works taken from the Bible or has the Bible been changed in the last 1,000 years?” and gives a brief overview of how the Bible was formed.
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How the Gospels Fit Together
Some try to claim that the Gospels are not reliable because they are merely copies or wholesale works of fiction made up long after the events they record. However, buried within the seemingly trivial details of the Gospel accounts we find an interlocking web of information that indicates these works were indeed independent writings by people who knew what they were talking about.
Special thanks to Dr Timothy McGrew, whose work most of this information comes from. Check out his online resource: The Library of Historical Apologetics (www.historicalapologetics.org).
Also, Dr Lydia McGrew has a great book out on this subject: “Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts”
Who Wrote the Gospels?
The four writings of the New Testament called “The Gospels” are where we get the details of Christ’s life and teachings while He was on Earth, so their credibility is of great importance. In recent times, the authorship of these documents have come into question among some scholars, and critics of Christianity often use these ideas to speak against the truth of the Biblical teachings. So who did write the Gospels? Can we be confident that we have reliable testimony of the life of Jesus? How can do we respond when we are faced with the claims that Matthew, Mark, Luke and John did not write these foundational texts?
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