Two diametrically opposed ideas concerning Biblical scholarship are seldom understood: There is wisdom that is transient, and wisdom that is transcendent. There are scholars whom the world recognizes, and there are scholars that God recognizes. People in this world who… Read More ›
Near 52 AD Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica, and said that in the Last Days, many who formerly claimed to believe in Jesus, would fall away and no longer believe. Twenty years before this, Jesus asked a rhetorical… Read More ›
If you are a student of the New Testament you will often hear the terms: “Primary and Secondary Sources,” used in reference to Biblical Criticism. In order to verify the veracity of the New Testament, some scholars use these two… Read More ›
The manner in which people process and interpret information that they see and hear in the world affects the decisions and conclusions they have regarding every important subject of life. When the human brain receives information, our biases act as… Read More ›
There are many assertions made by critics of the Bible where a particular verse of scripture is claimed to be in conflict with another. There are instances where atheists state that the texts of the Bible are contradictory with each… Read More ›
The records of antiquity contain evidence that allows us to know whether events that took place in the historical record are true. What we know about these past events can only be understood through the writings of those who saw… Read More ›
Many people scoff at the miracles described by the Bible, stating that they are myths, fabrications, and never happened. The men who were there and saw these things happen, state emphatically that they are telling the truth: “This report is… Read More ›
In my own scholarship of the Bible I have often been surprised by the source of many debates that I have with people. Today was one of those surprise encounters. Dr. Josh Bowen is described as a scholar of the… Read More ›
There are many Youtube channels promoted by atheists. The goal is often to impugn the name of Christ, and malign those who love God and His word. A majority of these atheists who host Youtube channels have no ability to… Read More ›
Many atheist, agnostic, and progressive scholars, assert that Moses is not the author of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Instead, these critics assert (without evidence), that four other unknown persons wrote these texts. One of the chief criticisms made… Read More ›
I have tried to have a dialogue with professor Joel Baden of Yale University, without success. He blocked me at Twitter when I asked him the first question regarding his views on the Documentary Hypothesis. Questions concerning this important subject… Read More ›
Can you defend the integrity and reliability of the New Testament? If challenged by an atheist or non-believer, do you know how to prove the texts written about Jesus are true? The results of 49 years of Biblical scholarship have… Read More ›
The “Doulos” Very often I hear from a critic of the Bible, how God endorses and approves of slavery. When this happens the persons making this assertion are often seeking to demonstrate that the reason they cannot believe the Bible… Read More ›
You will often hear it asserted that atheists are more proficient in the Bible than Christians. This statement can be impeached in less than 30 seconds. If the premise of your assertion is wrong, your conclusions are also wrong. What… Read More ›
On occasion I hear an interesting comment made by atheists and critics of the Bible: “You can’t prove the Bible, by the Bible.” This is the idea of people who deny the integrity of the Bible, and don’t understand it’s… Read More ›
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 ›
There is a principle in Biblical Hermeneutics which defines the first place a particular word, idea, or phrase occurs in the Bible as the primary defining parameter. One of the constructs of the Bible in demonstrating its supernatural structure, is… 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 ›
One of the comments that is often made by critics of the Bible, and members of other religions who do not believe that Jesus is God, is the claim that Jesus never claimed to be God in the New Testament…. 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 ›
Robert Clifton Robinson 