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by Timothy Jones
Proclamation: “Don’t Worry. I Read the Book. He Doesn’t Stay Dead.”
One rule in our household is that, if a book is turned into a movie, everyone must read the book before watching the movie. Our oldest daughter was eight years old when C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was turned into a feature
Apologetics: What Are the Chances That Jesus’ Body Was Left On the Cross?
:: The Obscenity of the Cross in the Ancient World :: With few exceptions, even the most skeptical scholars admit that Jesus was crucified—and with good reason. Not only Christian authors but also the Roman historian Tacitus mention the crucifixion o
Apologetics: Why the Acts of Paul and Gospel of Peter Aren’t On Your Schedule for Reading the Bible in a Year
Keywords:Acts of Paul, apologetics, Athanasius, canon, Gospel of Peter, Gospels, New Testament, Serapion, Tertullian
Perhaps you, like many others, are planning to read through the Bible this year. If you do, you’re likely to ask yourself at some point, “Weren’t there other Gospels and letters that didn’t make it into the Bible? Why am I rea
Apologetics: Why Some Books Made It Into the New Testament and Others Didn’t
Keywords:apologetics, Athanasius, canon, Gospels, New Testament, Papias, Polycarp, Serapion, Tertullian
Tomorrow, many of you will begin reading through the Bible in a year. Before you do, I want to plant a question in your mind: Why these books? Why spend the year reading through these ancient texts and not some other documents? What’s so import
Study: Read through the Greek New Testament in a Year
Keywords:New Testament
Denny Burk has developed a very useful plan for reading through the Greek New Testament in one year. Plodding through entire books—even ones like the letter to the Hebrews, where the Greek is a struggle for almost anyone—is the best way b
Study: Tom Schreiner on the Uniqueness of Luke’s Gospel
The Gospel According to Luke provides the most comprehensive and most familiar account of the birth of Jesus—and, perhaps most significant of all, it’s the account that appears in A Charlie Brown Christmas. If you’re interested in l
Apologetics: Were Christmas and Easter Based on Pagan Myths?
It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a pagan philosopher named Celsus charg
Apologetics: How The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife May Have Been Forged
Earlier this week, I mentioned that the news of the fragment known as Gospel of Jesus’s Wife will end “quite possibly with the revelation that the fragment was a forgery in the first place.” My rationale for this suspicion was and i
Apologetics: Why the Singleness of Jesus Makes the Best Sense of the Evidence
Keywords:apologetics, Clement, Gnosticism, Gnostics, Gospels, New Testament, Tertullian, The Gospel of Jesus's Wife
“It is an embarrassing insight into human nature that the more fantastic the scenario, the more sensational is the promotion it receives and the more intense the faddish interest it attracts,” biblical scholar Raymond Brown wrote nearly t
Today on The Janet Mefferd Show
Today, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, I will appear on the Dallas-based Janet Mefferd Show. Janet and I will be talking together about the importance of history for understanding the New Testament. Click here to listen. Click here to learn more about the
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- Proclamation: “Don’t Worry. I Read the Book. He Doesn’t Stay Dead.”
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