The Historical Reliability of Mark's Gospel
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Engage with the debate on whether we can trust the Bible. Consider the evidence for and against the reliability and trustworthiness of the Bible.
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Three questions to ask your history teacher when they claim you can't trust the Gospels.
Review of Dirk Jongkind's talk arguing that the message of the Bible is preserved, despite variations between manuscripts
A survey of various aspects of contemporary Old Testament study relating to its reliability and authority.
Why the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is a modern forgery.
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?