The “Weight” of Evolution “What about evolution?” This was her question. It was a question that before this day I was prepared to answer. I had read Ken Ham, been through…
Forget About Evolution and Inerrancy (For a Moment)
Six Factors that Do Not Affect Inerrancy
1. Use of Hyperbole and Exaggeration Just because one believes in inerrancy does not mean that he or she believe in a “technically precise” view of truth. The Bible can…
A Bibliology Grounded in Christology
The center of all theology, of the entirety of the Christian faith, is Christ himself. The Christ-event—in particular his death and resurrection—is the center of time: everything before it leads…
The Father, Son, and the Holy Bible
The problem with many Evangelicals is that we can come dangerously close to worshiping the Bible. As Evangelical theologian James Sawyer once said in jest, we worship the Trinity: the Father, Son,…
Quarles Reviews Licona on the Resurrection
Charles L. Quarles of Louisiana College has a lengthy review of Michael R. Licona’s book The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010) in…
Is Inerrancy the Linchpin of Evangelicalism?
I believe in inerrancy. This means I believe that there are no errors in the Bible. Of course, this comes with the usual disclaimers which say that we must be…
Getting Inerrancy Wrong
One of the greatest attacks on Scripture comes from those who misunderstand the doctrine of inerrancy. A couple of years ago this chart was brought to my attention. I did…
Press Release: Michael Licona Response to Norm Geisler
Norman Geisler has taken issue with a portion of my recent book, The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach, in which I proposed that the story of the raised…
The Problem of Abiathar in Mark 2.26
Bultmann was not right about everything, but he was certainly right when he recognized that presuppositionless exegesis was not possible. There are few texts where an exegete’s presuppositions can cloud…
The Bible Does not Always Speak the Truth
Just after my wife and I were married, she worked as a teller at a bank. One of her co-workers was a devout Muslim who was schooled in Muslim apologetics…