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...
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...
Perhaps the most scathing statement ever made about the God of the Old Testament came from the pen of Richard Dawkins. He famously snarled: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most...
Pick up an Old Testament and turn to the end, you’ll find Israel under Persian domain. Fortunately, after years of exile, king Cyrus gave the Israelites permission to return to their land to rebuild it and...
I’ve had more than a few conversations about the Apocrypha. From my experience, this group of a dozen Jewish books written between the Old and New Testaments (400 BC – AD 50) perplexes most...
“Consult the Bible, and you will discover that the creator of the universe clearly expects us to keep slaves.” This provocative statement by atheist Sam Harris is meant to cast shade on the God...
Most readers of the Bible affirm that the New Testament unequivocally proclaims the deity of Christ. It’s hard to read texts such as John 1:1-4, John 8:58, Romans 9:5, or Hebrews 1:8, and come to...
If you’ve ever spent time talking with skeptics about the Bible, they’ve more than likely brought up Old Testament laws that appear out of step with our “modern ideals.” For example, many suggest that the Bible...
Richard Dawkins’ famous quote just about sums up how skeptics view the God of the Old Testament. He retorts: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction:...
Previously, I wrote an article titled Does the Bible Promote Slavery? In that post, I demonstrated that the Bible does not promote slavery, despite the skeptics’ contentions. I made several points to support this claim. Perhaps...