Bill Pratt | February 26, 2009
From part 5, we are still examining whether the eyewitnesses who wrote the books of the NT are trustworthy. Previously we noted that the eyewitnesses recorded embarrassing details about Jesus’ disciples. We concluded that embarrassing details would not be included in a fictional work meant to emphasize the greatness of the first followers of Jesus. But [...]
Bill Pratt | February 24, 2009
Continuing from part 4, we will now ask further questions of the writers of the New Testament (NT ) documents. Question 2: Do we have multiple witnesses or just one? The more witnesses, the better, because one person could make a mistake, but if several people are saying the same thing, it’s more convincing. In [...]
Bill Pratt | February 21, 2009
Based on the previous post, we know that the NT documents were written soon enough after the events of Jesus’ life to prevent anyone claiming that they are largely tainted by myth or legend. This fact was very important to establish, but we are still left with a nagging question. Just because it was written soon [...]
Bill Pratt | February 18, 2009
In the previous post, we started arguing for early dates for several NT books, but we didn’t finish the discussion. So this post picks up where we left off! It is generally agreed upon by scholars that the gospel of Luke was written before the book of Acts. Dr. Luke wrote both of them and [...]
Bill Pratt | February 15, 2009
Continuing from the previous post, let’s examine the evidence for dating the books of the NT, especially the books of the NT which contain substantial historical facts about Jesus and his followers. First we should note that three leaders of the early church – Clement of Rome, Ignatius, and Polycarp – quoted passages from 25 [...]
Bill Pratt | February 14, 2009
In two previous posts, Darrell argued that the Greek New Testament (NT) that we have today is almost identical to the twenty-seven books that were originally written. These two posts can be found here and here. In this post and following posts, I want to establish an answer to the obvious next question. If the NT we [...]
