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Category Archives: New Testament
How Dependable are the Books of Matthew and Luke?
Are the four gospels dependable? Or are they simply the result of generations of flawed oral transmission? I discussed this question previously and determined that the gospels are much more dependable than implied by the idea of flawed oral transmission. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, inerrancy, Jesus, New Testament
Tagged Acts 1, Acts 28, book of Luke, book of Mark, book of Matthew, Mark 13, Q Document
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5 Reasons Why Reading the Bible Through Each Year Might not be a Good Idea
There is a tradition among many believers of reading the entire Bible through each year. Check-off sheets are available from many places to indicate which chapters should be read on each day of the year in order to achieve the … Continue reading
Does Paul Tell Us to Bring Our Tithes to Church on Sundays? He Does Not
In the churches I attended for the first 30 years of my life, I was taught that tithing to the church was mandatory—a claim I recently refuted in 5 Reasons Why the Harmful Doctrine of Mandatory Tithing is Wrong. Often … Continue reading
Posted in legalism, New Testament, Paul
Tagged 1 Corinthians 16, 2 Corinthians 8, 2 Corinthians 9, Acts 24, giving, Jerusalem relief project, Romans 15, tithing
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The Bible is not Magically Inerrant: Exposing Inerrancy Proof-Texts
Inerrancy is perhaps the most obvious example of what the Bible is NOT, and I have written about it many times. But today I approach it from a different angle by examining common inerrancy proof-texts. I begin with the most … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, inerrancy, Jesus, New Testament, Old Testament, Paul
Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, inerrancy proof-texts, John 10, Matthew 5, Romans 15
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What the Bible Is–And Is Not
Today, we begin a new series on the character of the Bible. A number of topics will be on what the Bible is not, but this article is about What the Bible Is. We must first realize that our perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, inerrancy, Jesus, love, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged What the Bible is Not
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What Does Jesus’ Death on the Cross Do for Us?
When we consider how the death of Jesus on the cross affects us, we should first find the consensus of the New Testament writers—there is none! Next we can turn to the consensus of the Church Fathers throughout history—there is … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Jesus, New Testament, sin
Tagged Blood, Cross, crucifixion, death, Sacrifice
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Is the God of the Old Testament Different from the Father of the New Testament?
This is a question many people ponder when comparing the portrait of God presented in the Old Testament to what Jesus tells us of God in the New Testament. Some believers make various excuses for God’s angry, violent, and vindictive … Continue reading
A More Realistic Alternative to Inerrancy of the Bible
Millions of believers assume the Bible is inerrant—that everything in the Bible is the absolute word of God. I believed this myself for thirty-five years, but I now think this belief is very mistaken and even harmful. It distorts the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, inerrancy, New Testament, Old Testament, Paul
Tagged angry God, Gospels
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What Does the New Testament Mean by ‘Lost’?
Among many fundamentalists and evangelicals, the word ‘lost‘ has acquired a very specific technical meaning. Used as a noun, ‘the lost’ are those on their way to hell. The state of being lost is sometimes expanded to illustrate the seriousness … Continue reading
Posted in alienation, New Testament
Tagged hell, lost, Luke 15, parable of the lost, saved
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Hell and Enoch in the New Testament Writers
We discovered that the Old Testament contributes nothing to the idea of eternal punishment in a burning hell and neither does Jesus. Today, we turn to the idea of hell in other New Testament writers. Hades The King James Version … Continue reading
Posted in Enoch, hell, New Testament
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New Testament Writers were Inspired by Jesus–But were they Inerrant?
Last time, we discussed the nature of the Bible by focusing on the Old Testament. I concluded that the books of the Old Testament were written by people who felt a special relationship with God and that these people developed … Continue reading
Posted in inerrancy, Jesus, New Testament, Paul
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