In Matthew 17:1-13, we have the account of the Transfiguration. In it, Jesus was transfigured (verse two), and "Moses and Elijah appeared to them" (Matt. 17:3). Then says to Jesus, "“Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here,...
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of writings found in 11 caves near the Dead Sea in Qumran, Israel, from 1947 to 1956. They are the greatest of Biblical archaeological discoveries and contain copies of every Old Testament book except Esther, religious...
Critics of the New Testament often point to alleged problems in how its authors utilized the Old Testament. In some cases, the New Testament is said to have ignorantly misquoted or even deceitfully altered the words of the Law and the Prophets, misleading their...
Scripture is the term used to describe written documents that are inspired by the Holy Spirit of God and represent His inerrant word. There are sixty-six such documents which, when bound together, make up the Bible. The Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith...
Critics are often looking for any apparent "error" in the New Testament, and many such accusations center around the New Testament citations of the Old Testament. One of the most classic examples is found at the beginning of Mark's gospel. Mark claims to be quoting...
Critics of Christianity frequently accuse the New Testament of “misquoting” the Old Testament.[fn]For other examples, see: Does Hebrews 8:9 misquote Jeremiah 31:32, Does Luke 4:18 misquote Isaiah 61:1, Does Hebrews 10:5 misquote Psalm 40:6, and Does Matthew 2:6...
There are different kinds of miracles recorded in the Bible, along with different ways to categorize them. Some miracles are physical as well as nonphysical. Physical miracles would be raising the dead, parting the Red Sea, walking on water, etc. Nonphysical...
Critics of the New Testament often traffic in conspiracy theories about how early scribes allegedly altered the words of the Scriptures to suit the whims of their theological positions. One of the more interesting examples of this involves the words that the voice...
In light of the recent coronavirus pandemic, Christians have asked me if isolation due to disease is biblical. I can say without a doubt that it is. The Bible speaks a lot about how to handle sickness, and it clearly promotes isolation and quarantine to contain...
No, the mere fact that copies of the book of Enoch were found among the "Dead Sea Scrolls" is not a reason to consider the book to be Scripture. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain all kinds of documents, not just Scripture. We don't have to consider every calendar,...