If we examine the texts of the New Testament we often see different details between these four writers. Critics assert that these differences are contradictory, and this is evidence that we cannot trust the narratives about Jesus. The Reality of… Read More ›
When Peter stood before a great crowd of people gathered on the Feast of Pentecost, he cited 25 prophecies from the Hebrew scriptures that describe the Messiah.[1] Every one of these prophecies Peter applied to Jesus in proving that the… Read More ›
In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus describes the difficulty of those who do not believe in Him, and the impossibility that they can understand the depth of meaning in the Bible. Unbelievers are limited to the surface meaning of scripture, and… Read More ›
Is a New Testament scholar an authority regarding the true facts and reliability of the narratives concerning Jesus? If you are like many people, you would say “yes.” What if this scholar is an atheist and doesn’t believe that God… Read More ›
Whenever we are endeavoring to discover the source of a document from antiquity, it is the actual document that we must examine first. In the style of the writer we can detect a great deal about his personage. In the… Read More ›
If God exists and He desires that we know Him, how would He communicate with us and prove His existence? You might find it interesting that nowhere in the Bible does God seek to prove His existence. He knows, that… Read More ›
It is a frequent assertion by atheist New Testament scholars, that Paul never saw the risen Jesus. This idea is particularly peculiar because the entire point of the New Testament is that eyewitnesses saw Jesus and they recorded a historical… Read More ›
One of the common arguments put forth in modern New Testament Criticism, is the assertion of discrepancies and inconsistencies caused by textual variants. When we examine these alleged difficulties we often find they are nothing more that minor problems that… Read More ›
At its inception New Testament criticism was intended as a forensic method for proving the scriptures of the Koine-Greek texts describing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, were valid. Today New Testament criticism is used by the enemies of… Read More ›
When a person hears that there are 300,000 Textual Variants in the New Testament, they are naturally concerned. When we hear that the Gospels were written anonymously, we wonder if they are accurate. If a scholar states that the Gospels… Read More ›
One of the easiest arguments to impeach that is made by atheists consistently today, is the idea that the Bible is filled with contradictions. After 45 years of scholarly study, writing, teaching, and publishing commentary on the entire Bible, I… Read More ›
There is perhaps no other person in history who is more controversial than Jesus of Nazareth. The number of books and articles written about the Carpenter from Galilee far exceeds those penned for any other person in antiquity. Even the… Read More ›
The Sovereignty of God and the Free Will of Men: Often people have difficulty with the facts of the Bible that specify God’s omnipotence, and the free will of man. What we find in scripture is that both are at… Read More ›
There is a common statement I have heard during my interviews and debates with atheists over the last 40 years, that, “there is no evidence for God.” It is reasonable to assume that if a Being like God does exists,… Read More ›
It is a common misunderstanding that the Old and New Testaments are two separate parts of the Bible that have very little relevance to each other. Those of us who have spent our lives studying the Hebrew and Greek scriptures,… Read More ›
Some critics of the Bible say that the text of the Bible cannot be trusted because it contains inaccuracies and is therefore unreliable. Supporters and scholars of the Bible say that the Bible is without error and therefore completely reliable. Who… Read More ›
It is a common thought amongst many people that the narratives of the New Testament are not historical, lack eyewitness confirmation, and have no proof that they are genuine or truthful. In large part, this is due to the extraordinary… Read More ›
George Orwell said: “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” There is an insidious effort amongst atheists to rewrite the historical record of Jesus in the New Testament, and claim it never happened…. Read More ›
One of the contentions made by critics of the New Testament is the idea that the writers of the four Gospels borrowed from each other. Some critics assert that the text is identical, others allege the Gospel writers invented their… Read More ›
If we study the Bible we quickly discover that the final word on all matters for the Jews of the Old Testament, and the Christians of the New Testament, was always what the scriptures said. Today, people substitute personal opinions… Read More ›
It is a fact of the Bible that God hates. According to some critics this is evidence that God cannot be trusted and He should not be worshipped. As with every false narrative that people write or say about God,… Read More ›
The New Testament exists today as a reliable Historical narrative of true events. When we measure the New Testament by the same standards used to determined all valid historical events, we find that the texts of these 27 books, meets… Read More ›
A Forensic Investigation Of The Biblical Text One of the criticisms asserted by those who doubt the reliability of the New Testament is the idea that there are differences in the testimonies of Jesus in each of the four Gospels…. Read More ›
Did Jesus Expect The Apostles To Wait For Decades Before Writing Their Testimony? One of the assertions used by critics of the New Testament in order to discredit the validity of the testimony it contains, is to insinuate that the… Read More ›
Robert Clifton Robinson 