2023-03-241Comments

Rethinking the Whole “If We Are Faithless . . .” Thing (2 Tim 2:11-14)

2 Timothy 2:11-14 It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will...

by C Michael Patton

Bibliology

New Testament

2019-06-112Comments

Humanizing Judas Iscariot

I woke up this morning thinking about Judas Iscariot, you know, the guy history remembers as the “son of hell”? The one who betrayed Jesus to the Pharisees for 30...

by Dylan Whittler

New Testament

Text Criticism

2016-11-173Comments

How Important are the Differences in the New Testament Manuscripts

When one looks at the extant manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and compares them with each other, there are a lot of differences. We call these differences...

2015-04-290Comments

Widely Held Myths About Ancient Sources

In late 2013 Dr. Craig Blomberg taught a thirty-session class for Credo Courses on the historical reliability of the New Testament Gospels. This blog is a transcript (with...

2014-04-091Comments

“I Am” Statements in a Fresh Format

As Ambassadors for Christ (2 Cor. 5:20) each Christian is called to reflect Jesus to our culture. Imploring people to be reconciled to God. Spoken word poet, David Bowden,...

Resurrection of Christ

Rob Bowman

2014-03-2553Comments

How Jesus Became God—or How God Became Jesus? A Review of Bart Ehrman’s New Book and a Concurrent Response

Bart Ehrman’s book How Jesus Became God, released just yesterday, is the most recent example of a scholarly tradition of books with similar titles offering to explain how...

2013-06-1334Comments

John Shelby Spong on the Gospel of John

John Shelby Spong’s newest book, The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic, was released this week. For those unfamiliar with Spong, he is a retired Episcopal bishop of...

by Robert Bowman

Mike Licona

New Testament

2012-06-251Comments

Mike Licona – Musing

Resurrection of Christ

Rob Bowman

2012-01-181Comments

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:...

by Robert Bowman

Difficult Issues in Scripture

Grace

New Testament

2011-10-0367Comments

Was James Being Legalistic in Acts 15? or “Can I Eat a Rare Steak?”

Last week I went to lunch with a student here in Edmond, OK. While I rarely get the chance, whenever I can, I go to a stake joint just down the road. I love steaks. After I...

by C Michael Patton

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