How We Got Our Bible: New Testament Canonical Reception
This article is part 5 in a nine-part series on how we got our Bible. Part 1 considered inspiration and inerrancy. Part 2 looked at the unfolding of the Old Testament. Part 3 examined...
Author: RYAN LEASURE
How We Got Our Bible: New Testament Canonical Grid
This article is part four in a nine-part series on how we got the Bible. Part 1 looked at biblical inspiration and inerrancy. Part 2 considered the development of the Old Testament. And Part...
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha
This is part three of a nine-part series on how we got our Bible. Part one addressed the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture. Part two explained the formation and preservation of the Old Testament...
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Formation
This is the second in a series of nine posts addressing the question of how we got our Bible. Last post dealt with the question of inspiration and inerrancy. This week we turn our...
How We Got Our Bible: Inspiration
This article is the first in a series of nine blog posts that will unpack the story of how we got our Bible. That is to say, the Bible didn’t just fall from heaven...
Serpents, Dragons, and the Bible
If you’re from an Appalachian snake-handling church, I’m sorry to disappoint. This is not THAT kind of post. Instead, it’s a post about how the Bible portrays snakes, serpents, and dragons. More than that,...
What did Jesus think about the Old Testament?
It’s not uncommon for Christians to throw shade on the Old Testament. These Christians say they love Jesus, but they could do without those primitive Jewish texts. In fact, many Christians suggest that much...
Did John Really Write John?
The Gospel according to John has received more scrutiny than the other Gospels put together. Case in point, dating back to the 1920s, critical scholars have argued that the apostle John could not have...
Did Mark Really Write Mark?
Modern critics continue to assert that we don’t know who wrote the four Gospels. This assertion, however, completely ignores the mounds of evidence that points towards traditional authorship (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). In...
Were the Gospels Originally Anonymous?
For almost nineteen centuries, virtually all Christians believed that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John penned the four canonical Gospels. Around the 1920s, however, the form critics suggested that the Gospels were actually the result...