This deep dive into ancient letter-writing practices explores how the use of amanuenses impacts our understanding of New Testament authorship, challenging modern assumptions...

Forget About Evolution and Inerrancy (For a Moment)

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...

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...

by C Michael Patton

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Inerrancy

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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:...

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...

Resurrection of Christ

Rob Bowman

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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:...

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 talking about...

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 not...

by C Michael Patton

Inerrancy

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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...

by C Michael Patton

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Inerrancy

New Testament

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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...

by C Michael Patton

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