Understanding the New Atheism
A 2-part series on the New Atheism looks at (1) The Straw God and then (2) Attacks on the New Testament.
Are the apocryphal gospels true?
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
Who would base their lives on a brutal book of fairy stories?
Considering the question of whether belief in God lacks the evidence to support it - and why arguments on their own are not enough.
The Main Witnesses in the Gospels
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
Jesus, the Gospels, and the Telephone Game
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
How Do the Gospels Compare with Other Ancient Documents?
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
How Many Copies of the Gospels?
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?
Cold-Case Christianity – a review
Read this book if you want to be prepared to speak to anyone interested in why they can trust the accounts they read in the Gospels. And…
The Quest for the Historical Israel – a review
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…