Programmatic and Feature Essays
The DaVinci Code Debunked -- a critique of the errors about Christianity in this best-selling work of fiction.
Why Critics of the Bible Do Not Deserve Benefit of the Doubt -- Why you should ignore hacks on major Skeptical sites or with sites with titles like 1001 Irrifutible Bible Contradictions
Tutorial on Logical Errors -- An introduction to some of the most common.
The Impossible Faith -- Offers 17 reasons why Christianity could not have survived in the ancient world unless it had indisputable evidence of the resurrection of Jesus.
Answering Copycat Charges
Is the Christian fish a pagan symbol? -- Yeah, right! Or go here for articles on alleged "copycat" saviors (Mithra, Dionysus, Attis, etc). Pick your "heresy of the week"!
Thomas Gospel Tizzy -- is the Gospel of Thomas a real McCoy?
Homer on the Range -- detailed critique of The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
Mormonism
A Look at the Prophecies of Joseph Smith -- Does Smith pass the prophet test? For more on Mormonism, see our book The
Mormon Defenders: How Latter-day Saint
Apologists Misinterpret the Bible from
Amazon.com (My reply to the review in FARMS Review of Books here. My reply to "Send in the Archers" here. Sample chapter here.)
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Jesus
Jesus: God's Wisdom -- Do you find the Trinity hard to understand? Read this defense of Trinitarianism through the "back door" of Jewish Wisdom theology, which clears up a lot of the mystery! See also our item on the Holy Spirit.
Shattering the Christ-Myth -- a refutation of various claims that Jesus did not exist.
The Divine Claims of Jesus -- a close look at what Jesus said about himself.
On the Trail of the Trilemma -- Liar, Lunatic, or Lord defended.
The Trial on Trial -- defending the historicity of the Gospel trial accounts
The New Testament
The Canon of the NT -- how was it formed?
The Text of the New Testament -- how sure are we that we have it accurately represented?
The Gospels: Dates and Authorship -- who wrote what, when -- and what happens when you use the same criteria used to date secular documents?
Q/Marcan Priority Series -- untangling theories of literary dependence
Harmonization Series -- Principles and applications for harmonizing the Gospel accounts
Doctrinal Fare
Eschatology Series -- our defense of "partial preterism".
TULIP Series -- why I say both Calvin and Arminius were out of their minds (grin).
Faith vs Works -- How are we saved? Which saves us? Three words: Semitic Totality Concept.
Defense of the Atonement -- three cheers for penal substitution!
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Bible and Culture
Biblical vs. Japanese Culture -- a comparison. The culture of the Bible was more like Japan's than ours, which affects how we read the Bible.
What is Faith? -- Once we contextualize certain important words, their meaning shifts dramatically. Also part of this series: What is hope? What is love? What is mercy? What is worship? What is humility?
The Bible and Oral Tradition -- the importance of this factor in the transmission of the Bible.
Biblical Cosmology -- Does the Bible teach a flat earth?
Old Testament
The Old Testament Canon -- How was it formed?
Are There Two Creation Accounts? -- nope!
Essays on the JEDP Theory -- debunking the latest literary shenanigans
Daniel Doings -- a defense of Daniel.
Flat Tyre -- a defense of Ezekiel's Trye prophecy
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