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...
The Great Reformation in a Nutshell
There used to be a time when your loyalty to the Protestant cause was judged by how much you hated Catholics. But today, with all the ecumenical dialogue, the Manhattan...
Theology Unplugged: Roman Catholicism – Part 13 – Indulgences
[display_podcast] Join Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley, JJ Seid and Sam Storms as they continue their series on Roman Catholicism by discussing Indulgences. Theology Unplugged:...
Just 24 Hours Left! – Credo Course – #1 Reason to Love Textual Criticism: The Enemies of the Gospel know Textual Criticism
Yesterday I was on an atheist forum. It was amazing to me what I saw. It was a discussion about textual criticism. These atheists were discussing how the text of the Bible had...
Folk Theology: Twenty Urban Legends in Theology
Folk theology describes beliefs, generally shared by a large group of people, which said adherents have rarely thought through in a critical way. These beliefs are normally...
Seven Reasons to Love Textual Criticism #2: Because of all the people who have died for the Bible
Here are all 7 reasons to love textual criticism: Because the Enemies of the Gospel Know Textual Criticism Because of All the People Who Have Died for the Bible YOU’RE...
Seven Reasons to Love Textual Criticism: #3 – Correcting Misconceptions About the History of the Bible
Have you ever heard someone say that the scribes who copied the Bible never made any mistakes? That they counted the words of each line, wrote in a certain color ink, and...
Seven Reasons to Love Textual Criticism: #4 P52
Reason Number 4: P52 Never heard of P52 (also known as Rylands Library Papyrus)? Don’t worry . . . Most Christians have not. P52 is the earliest known manuscript of the New...
Thoughts on Bart Ehrman’s Article in the Huffington Post
Someone turned my attention to an article by Bart Ehrman, published in the Huffington Post, titled “Who Wrote the Bible and Why it Matters.” The article is...