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The Reliability of the Gospels, II
I recall playing the game of telephone in elementary school. The teacher whispers a sentence into a student's ear, and she repeats it (or tries to) to the student next to her, and so on around the room. When the sentence makes it around, it changes, sometimes drastically, and usually humorously. Read More
The Reliability of the Gospels, I
I believe that the 4 canonical gospels are reliable sources concerning the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. They are to be preferred to non-canonical gospels (e.g. the gospel of Thomas) and a plausible case can be made that they are both internally and externally consistent. There are historically credible reasons for believing in... Read More
Faith and Doubt
A recent article in Christianity Today, "The Leavers: Young Doubters Exit the Church," discusses why 20- and 30-somethings are leaving the faith more than in previous generations. One reason cited in the article is "moral compromise," in which individuals start living in a way that does not match what they say they believe, and so... Read More
Moral Difficulties in the Bible: The Concessionary Morality Response
Some of the most difficult passages in the Bible have to do with God seemingly condoning and even commanding actions that, to many, are at least prima facie immoral. Passages dealing with slavery, the status of women, and the destruction of peoples such as the Canaanites and Amalekites have seemed morally problematic to both... Read More
How Could Jesus be Tempted?
Scripture tells us that Jesus was tempted to sin on various occasions. For instance, Luke records his repeated temptations by the devil (Luke 4). And the writer of Hebrews says regarding Jesus that “we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who... Read More
A Former Atheist’s Near Death Experience
I’ve become increasingly interested in near death experiences, and the ones that interest me most are those involving atheists. Here is one of the more well-known accounts by a former atheist, Howard Storm, who was an art professor at Northern Kentucky University when he had his experience in 1985 while awaiting surgery for an... Read More