by Brian | Nov 26, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
Here’s some more gleanings from my study of the New Testament Canon. One idea that floats around about modern Christianity is that it’s too much about “a book.” (One time I read this kind of criticism of “Bible-anity” on a...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
One of the best parts of studying for our upcoming Forum on how the New Testament was put together has been the things I’ve been able to find about the actual artifacts we have from the first couple of centuries after Jesus lived. While we don’t have, say,...
by Brian | Sep 7, 2012 | Academic, New Testament Canon
This is some dense academic logic, but the main point here is to ponder if it is really true when someone says that they are going to “weigh evidence” for something from a completely “neutral” point of view. In his discussion about how some...
by Brian | Jun 27, 2012 | Academic, Biblical History, Book Recommendations, New Testament Canon
Another subject people frequently bring up if you get into discussions about the Gospel is the very popular view that no one in early Christianity could agree on which books should be in the New Testament, and the only reason we have the books we do now (especially...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2012 | Academic, Audio Downloads, Culture, Evangelism
I recently listened to these lectures delivered by Francis Schaeffer at Wheaton College. (I think they were delivered in the early 1970’s). I can’t recommend these highly enough. Schaeffer walks you through the development of Western thought, starting in...
by Brian | May 25, 2012 | Academic, Biblical History
Dr. Dan Wallace explains:...
