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Apologetics: An Overlooked Difference between the New Testament Gospels and Gnostic Gospels

19th November 2019

Richard Bauckham points out a distinction between the New Testament Gospels and most of the Gnostic Gospels which—while rather obvious when one reads the Gnostic Gospels—is frequently overlooked: The [New Testament] Gospels are biographical narratives whereas most of the Gnostic Gospels are post-resurrection revelations. Typically in Gnostic Gospels Jesus appears to the disciples after the […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, History, Solve Tagged With: Gnosticism, Gnostics, gospel, Richard Bauckham

Apologetics: The Providence of God in Persecution

12th November 2019

In his article “For Whom Were the Gospels Written?,” Richard Bauckham points out that a small minority group experiencing alienation and opposition in its immediate social context could compensate for its precarious minority position locally by a sense of solidarity with fellow believers elsewhere and a sense of being part of a worldwide movement destined […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Book reviews, History, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, Gospels, New Testament Gospels, Richard Bauckham

Jonathan Pennington: Truth and Testimony in the New Testament Gospels + “All Along the Watchtower” (Jimi Hendrix)

20th March 2019

According to bestselling biblical scholar Bart Ehrman, the New Testament Gospels “were not written … by people who were eyewitnesses, but by people living later.” Ehrman goes on to say that “sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord. But there could be a fourth option—legend.” And legend is the possibility for which Ehrman argues. But is it true that the circulation of stories by word of mouth necessarily results in changes that turn testimony into legend? That’s what Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey discuss with New Testament scholar Jonathan Pennington on the Three Chords segment of the show.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, History, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: apologetics, Bart Ehrman, Faith, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, Jonathan Pennington, podcast, Richard Bauckham

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