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Clear searchHow an openly transmitted text survived copying, criticism, and centuries of examination
Can We Trust the Bible? How an openly transmitted text survived copying, criticism, and centuries of examination Christians sometimes hear a sweeping objection: the Bible may once have contained God's word,…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…en corrupted or misunderstood. That is a more serious position than merely shouting, "The Bible was changed." It recognises genuine Qur'anic texts and a real distinction between the Christian New Testament and the Islamic concept of a revelation given to Jesus. But it creates a h…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…rnal love, the crucifixion, divine justice, forgiveness and assurance. We have tested the transmission of the Bible, the missing Islamic Injeel, the Qur’an’s miracle claim, alleged prophecies of Muhammad, the covenant line through Isaac, Daniel’s cut-off Messiah and the Qur’an’s…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…d into deity. Paganism defeated biblical Christianity. The emperor chose the books of the Bible. Reincarnation was removed. Sunday worship was imposed. The bishops settled everything by imperial command—and perhaps discussed rosary beads or beards while they were there. These sto…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…ngs together falling cerebral blood flow, oxygen and carbon-dioxide changes, altered neurotransmission, increased neuronal excitability, threat responses, dissociation and the brain's own top-down construction of experience. Rather than seeking one magic chemical which explains e…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…longed to one uniform Cathar church. What relationship can be responsibly claimed? Direct transmission from second-century Gnostic schools to Bogomils has not been demonstrated. Bogomil influence on some western dualist communities is plausible and in some cases probable, but its…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…evidence for divine revelation Christians are frequently placed on the defensive. Has the Bible been corrupted? Did Jesus really claim to be God? Was He actually crucified? Has the doctrine of the Trinity compromised monotheism? Those questions deserve answers, and the preceding…
Read article →Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
…A revelation delivered within history will naturally speak to people within history. The Bible itself uses human languages, recognisable literary forms and real historical settings. The question is more particular. Why do several distinctive Qur’anic narratives resemble post-bib…
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
…an experience is received. It cannot, by itself, establish what the experience means. The Bible contains overwhelming encounters The biblical answer is not that every unusual or overwhelming experience must be false. Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up and became painfully con…
Read article →The Messiah cut off before the Temple fell
…l also circulated in ancient Greek. The earlier Old Greek translation arose within Jewish transmission before it was displaced in most Christian manuscripts by the version associated with Theodotion. The Old Greek and Theodotionic versions are not identical to one another or to t…
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