Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?

The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.

Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?

In a talk given at The Veritas Forum at the University of California, Santa Barbara in October 2000, Professor Craig Blomberg discusses new…