Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 10th, 2007 3 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Last week, we began looking at ten reasons we can trust the New Testament gospels. Today’s post highlights the fourth reason in that list.
4. Fourth, the New Testament gospels were not only intended to be historically reliable (as we saw in point 3). They actually are historically reliable.
It is not enough to demonstrate that the gospel writers intended [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 7th, 2007 25 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
In this article, we will consider a third reason why the NT gospels should be considered trustworthy sources regarding the life of Christ.
3. The NT gospels are written in such a way that indicates they were intended as historical.
Luke makes the purpose of his gospel clear at the very beginning. He wrote it [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 6th, 2007 14 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Today we will consider a second reason why the NT gospels are reliable accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus.
Not only are they consistent with previous revelation from God (in the Old Testament), but they were also written by those who were closely associated with Jesus and His ministry—men who were [...]
Posted in Apologetics, Bibliology on September 5th, 2007 3 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Several weeks ago, we posted a brief overview of reasons we, as Christians, believe the Bible to be the Word of God. Along those lines, we are now beginning a series of articles regarding reasons we can trust the veracity of the New Testament Gospels.
Are the New Testament gospels a reliable witness to the [...]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Yesterday, we produced a list of ten “reasons” that we believe the Bible is what it claims to be – the Word of God. Today we would like to post a bit of clarification, before going into more detail on each of the ten reasons.
First, the foundational reason any Christian believes is because of the illuminating [...]