In Matthew 24:36 we have in our printed Bibles today “No one knows the day or the hour, neither the angels, nor the Son, except the Father alone.” This is Jesus speaking. But “nor the …
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Why Does God Allow His Creation to Have Free Will?
The freewill defense goes back all the way to Augustine in the 5th century. The idea is that God wanted there to be creatures with freewill. He wanted to make creatures in his own image. …
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With No Scripture in Place, What Controlled Doctrine in the 1st Century?
Another statement that comes up in the alternative Christianity model is “we don’t have a functioning New Testament till the mid-2nd century or late-2nd century at the earliest.” That claim is actually true. By that …
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Who Wrote the Gospels?
One of the most common claims that Dr. Ehrman makes about the Gospels is that they are not written by those names that are on them. He claims the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and …
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How can We Reconcile the Old Testament God and the New Testament God?
Many think that the portrayal of God in the Old Testament cannot be squared with the portrayal of God in the New. They have a mental image similar to the following: In the Old Testament, …
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Why Does Evil Exist?
Couldn’t It All Have Been a Conspiracy?
I am often asked “well what if it was all just a big conspiracy?” “What if there was a conspiracy to put the canon together?” “Did that happen in the 5th century?” “What if there …
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How Do We Explain the Bible’s 400,000 Errors?
One of Dr. Ehrman’s most common arguments is an argument based on sheer numbers. Dr. Ehrman likes to quote suggested numbers of variants within the New Testament textual tradition – 200,000; 300,000; even 400,000. Numbers …
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What are Some Passages You Interpret Differently than Dr. Ehrman? (1 John 5:7-8)
In 1 John 5:7-8, the King James Bible speaks of three that bear witness in heaven – the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost) – and these three are one. On …
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