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The New NA28 and the Preservation of Scripture

Dr James White posted the following video discussing the importance of critical textual publications of the New Testament. I agree with him that we should really want to know what original text of the Old Testament said. I also agree with him that we have enough lines of transmission over a large period of time over large geographical areas that we can know what the autographs contained.


The New NA28 and the Preservation of Scripture

Responding to the Same Old Falsehoods Packaged in New Garb

Dr James White has posted a video responding to Sam Gipp's "defense" of the King James Only doctrine. Hint: Gipp's arguments are still bad. Here is Gipp's video:






And Here is part 1 of Dr White's reply:



Responding to the Same Old Falsehoods Packaged in New Garb

Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Not Even Mentioning the best Evidence

Overall at Beggars All, Ken has written a blog post about Dr Darrell Bock's encounter with Dr. Bart Ehrman on the Unbelievable? radio program regarding Ehrman's book Forged. Ken has written a great article discussing some of the things that Bock and Ehrman did not have time to discuss during the program in a little more detail and points to more resources on the subject. Awesome post.

Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Not Even Mentioning the best Evidence

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• ‪Darrell Bock on N.T. Wright's New Perspective & Eschatological Language‬‏ (rodiagnusdei.wordpress.com)
• In Explosive New Book FORGED, Bible Scholar Bart Ehrman Exposes Deceptive and Misleading Forgeries in the New Testament (prweb.com)

On Air Debate with Bart Ehrman about the book Forged (Aug 6 revised) Podcast Now Posted | Bible.org Blogs

Now here is a match up I've been waiting for: Dr Darrell Bock vs Dr. Bart Ehrman! They were on the British Radio/Podcast program Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley. They discussed Dr Ehrman's latest book "Forged". Listen to the exchange and make up your own mind.



On Air Debate with Bart Ehrman about the book Forged (Aug 6 revised) Podcast Now Posted | Bible.org Blogs

Website for the program

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• In Explosive New Book FORGED, Bible Scholar Bart Erhman Exposes Deceptive and Misleading Forgeries in the New Testament (prweb.com)

Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels by Tim McGrew - Apologetics 315

Today Brian Auten posted an a really great audio! It's an interview of Dr. Tim J. McGrew. The interview focuses on "Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels". I never heard of this line of reasoning before this discussion. Dr. McGrew said that it was once popular in the 19th century and he is now helping to popularize it. The idea is basically that missing information or unanswered questions are filled in by information, sometimes indirectly, given in other Gospel or historical documents. Often times the questions we have are not questions that the original readers would have had because they shared so much in common with the writer. McGrew makes a cumulative case that this is evidence that the Gospel writers did not copy from one another or copy from a common source as many folks allege. McGrew explains his reasoning very well and I hope everyone will listen to this.

McGrew suggested three books one can read to get further information. You can get two of them from Amazon.com and I added links to them below. The third book, Dr. McGrew mentioned can be found at this link: The Four Gospels from a Lawyer’s Standpoint (1893). You can get the link to the audio from Apologetics 315 given at the end of the post.

Another point of note is that McGrew has been criticized and attempted and failed rebuttal was made by Edward T. Babinski. Given that Babinki has contributed to John Loftus' blog Debunking Christianity often and is mentioned there highly, I find it shady interesting that no mention of the exchange. Dr. McGrew's wife, Lydia, started the ball rolling back in January when she posted his talk about Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels which he gave January 9, 2011 in New Orleans. This was followed by a rebuttal by Edward Babinski called Tim McGrew and the Ring of Truth -- The Undesigned Coincidences in Scripture? Or Redactions with Marcan Priority? . Dr. McGrew answered Babinski in article called Tim McGrew replies to Ed Babinski's Critique of his Discussion of Undesigned Coincidences on Dr. Victor Reppert's blog.

Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels by Tim McGrew - Apologetics 315

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THE APOLOGETIC FRONT: James White vs. Jack Moorman on King James Onlyism

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Here is a debate that covers an important topic: Is the King James translation of the Bible the only Bible we should read? In a word: No!!! Watch James White explain why.




THE APOLOGETIC FRONT: James White vs. Jack Moorman on King James Onlyism

History of the Bible: How The Bible Came To Us

Here is a great article about by Paul Ringer in which he summarizes what is known about how the Bible is written and how it was transmitted down to us through the centuries to English. For further studying and information, I can't recommend The King James Only Controversy by James White highly enough. If you like material like this, you will love his book.
History of the Bible: How The Bible Came To Us

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The Bible, textual criticism, variants, manuscripts, James White and Bart Ehrman | True Freethinker

I'm not sure if I've posted this video before, but in case I didn't I would like to post it here and I appreciate Mariano for posting it on his blog and calling attention to this lecture from James White on why we should trust the New Testament text.




The Bible, textual criticism, variants, manuscripts, James White and Bart Ehrman | True Freethinker

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Disturbing Divine Behavior

Today, Dr. Mariottini announce a series of blog posts in which he will examine the arguments of Eric A. Seibert who in his latest book tries to argue that the God depicted in the New Testament is different than the God of the New Testament. I'll be glad to read his series because people like Seibert need to be answered. I think you are right he is ignoring that judgment and wrath are just as much a part of God's character as grace and mercy. To assume less is to make God even less than we are but we know He is more, much more. Further declaring God's actions as evil or immoral is stupid. It's fallicious charge many people are making these days. Such an attitude has such a wrong worldview that it boggles my mind. Who are we to try to make God accountable to us? Not me. That plane will not fly.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Disturbing Divine Behavior

Apologetics 315: Refuting Bart Ehrman's Skepticism MP3 Audio by Phil Fernandes

Brian has posted a great lecture on the work of Bart Ehrman. The lecture is by Phil Fernandez. He posted links to the video and to the mp3. For anyone who is interested in textual criticism and whether or not we can trust the Bible needs to listen to this.


Dr . Phil Fernandes - "Refuting the New Skepticism" from Gabe Ginorio on Vimeo.



Apologetics 315: Refuting Bart Ehrman's Skepticism MP3 Audio by Phil Fernandes

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Defending the Bible: The King James Version

This is an awesome post. I like everything about it. It defends modern translations without denying the importance of the King James Translation. I would suggest that anyone who is interested in this should read The King James Only Controversy by Dr. James White.

In this post Dr. Mariottini is writing a response to an article by Paul Greenberg who give two passages to support an argument that the KJV is a better translation than more modern translations. Mariottini does a great job of explaining why the modern translations render the passages the way they do.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: Defending the Bible: The King James Version