Biblical Apologetics
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Did scribes add Jesus' famous prayer from the cross to Luke's Gospel, or did they cut it out? A leading NT critic weighs the evidence and reaches a striking conclusion.
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Mark says take a staff; Matthew and Luke seem to forbid it. Is this a genuine contradiction, or does the Greek vocabulary of each evangelist dissolve the problem?
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The UBS editors grade the omission of Jesus' prayer in Luke 23:34 with an 'A' for certainty. Is that the end of the story, or are there solid reasons to trust this beloved verse?
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Is confessing sins meant to be a purely private matter between the believer and God? The usage of the Greek word for confess, and the earliest church sources, suggest otherwise.
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How does one of today's most renowned New Testament scholars translate the key texts on justification and the Deity of Christ? His own words may surprise you.
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A rule of Greek grammar articulated in 1798 still stands unshaken after two centuries of challenges. What does it reveal about how the Apostles identified Jesus?
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Some Muslim polemicists cite Rashi to claim Rebecca married Isaac at age three. What happens when a careful rabbinic source actually does the math?
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The ancient Christ hymn of Philippians 2 says Jesus existed 'in the form of God.' What does that Greek phrase really mean, and where might the hymn itself have come from?
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Does the Old Testament really prescribe an abortion-inducing potion? A close look at how twenty modern translations render Numbers 5:22 tells a very different story.
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Did Judas hang himself or fall headlong and burst open? These two accounts are often pitted against each other, yet a closer reading shows how they fit together.
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Who is the woman clothed with the sun in Revelation 12? Surprisingly, many early Protestant Reformers saw the Virgin Mary in the vision alongside the Church.
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Need the biblical case for Christ's deity at your fingertips? This compact outline gathers the key texts identifying Jesus as YHWH, Creator, Judge and the object of worship.
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What does the Dead Sea Scrolls fragment 4Q521 say about the Messiah whom heaven and earth obey, and why does it sound so much like the Gospel?
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In-depth studies of the Holy Scriptures: the text, its context and its witness to Jesus Christ.