Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 26th, 2007 6 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Today’s article is a continuation of our series on why we can trust the reliability of the New Testament gospels. Today we will consider an eighth reason the biblical account of Jesus’ life can be trusted.
Eighth, the main points of Jesus’ life as presented in the NT gospels accord with other non-biblical sources.
It should come as [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 21st, 2007 7 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
As the central religious text of the Islamic faith, the Qur’an is believed by Muslims to be “the last book of guidance from Allah, sent down to Muhammad (pbuh) through the angel Gabriel (Jibra’il). Every word of the Qur’an is the word of Allah.”[1]
But did the Qur’an truly come from God?
The Qur’an [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
This is the next part of our series looking at ten reasons we believe the New Testament gospels are historically reliable. To access the previous posts in this series, click here.
Seventh, the picture of Jesus in the gospels is consistent with the picture of Jesus found in the rest of the New Testament.
Not only are [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 14th, 2007 7 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
This is the sixth installment in our series on the trustworthiness of the New Testament gospels. In case you’ve missed any of the discussion so far, here are links to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5.
Sixth, the picture of Christ and His ministry is consistent/harmonious within the four gospels.
Though [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 12th, 2007 4 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
This is the next installment of our series regarding the trustworthiness of the New Testament. In past posts we have already considered four reasons why the NT gospels can be considered reliable witnesses to Jesus’ life.
Fifth, the early Christian community would have demanded an accurate record.
Throughout the book of Acts, the apostles emphasized the fact that [...]