Did The Virgin Birth Happen? A Defense Of The Virgin Birth Of Jesus
By J. P. Holding| The view of Brown [Brow.BirM, 527-8] and Meier [Meie.MarJ, 222] is ultimately correct. The evidence and the nature of the virgin birth simply leaves questions of its historicity...
View ArticleHow We Know The Gospels Are Reliable
By James Bishop| The general reliability of the gospels is the claim that the gospel biographical texts, which constitute the primary sources for the ministry of the historical Jesus Christ and some of...
View ArticleHow We Know The Story Of Jesus Is Historical
By James Bishop| When the historian wishes to learn about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ he or she needs to evaluate the primary sources (the four gospels, Pauline epistles, and the rest of the...
View Article13 Historical Reasons For Early Dating Of The Gospel
By Erik Manning| Skeptics like Bart Ehrman will use Apollonius of Tyana as a challenge to Jesus’ uniqueness. Apollonius lived in the first century. His birth was supernatural. He also performed...
View ArticleWhy The Gnostic Gospels Aren’t Reliable Sources
By James Bishop| The Gnostic Gospels/texts, also known as the New Testament Apocrypha, consist of fifty-two texts discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, by an Arab, Muhammad ‘Alí al-Sammán, who came across...
View ArticleDid A Pre-Christ Celestial Angel Named Jesus Exist?
By James Bishop| The mythicist Richard Carrier, inspired by Earl Doherty’s work, claims that a pre-Christian angel named Jesus existed (1). Jesus was therefore not understood within earliest...
View ArticleDo The Resurrection Stories Contradict In The Gospels?
By Erik Manning| The apostle Paul said that if Christ hasn’t risen, Christianity is a sham. (1 Corinthians 15:17) Many atheists agree and will happily point to the gospel accounts. Just how seriously...
View ArticleHow Polycarp Gives Us Evidence For The Early Use Of The New Testament
By Erik Manning| How we know the books that we have in the New Testament are the right books? Why isn’t the Gospel of Thomas or the Gospel of Mary included with the other four gospels? And didn’t the...
View Article84 Historical Facts In The Book Of Acts
By Erik Manning| Bart Ehrman claims that Luke wasn’t really a traveling companion of Paul. In his book Forged, Ehrman writes: “(The author of Acts) is simply claiming to be a traveling companion of...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Should Believe The Apostle John Wrote The Last Gospel
By Erik Manning| Skeptical Biblical critics like John Shelby Spong say that it’s impossible that the Apostle John wrote the Gospel of John. Spong writes: “There is no way that the Fourth Gospel was...
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