Why does someone believe or not believe in miracles? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out. Recently, my father-in-law Mike Licona debated Bart Ehrman on Gospel reliability right here in Atlanta. I went to it with my wife and when the Q&A started, I rushed to the microphone to be the first to … Continue reading My Question To Bart Ehrman
Tonight readers, we are going to break out of the regular Trinitarian studies routine and look at a recent event. This would be a debate that took place between Mike Licona and Bart Ehrman with the question being “Did Jesus Rise From The Dead?” Mike Licona has the website www.risenjesus.com and is the author of … Continue reading Mike Licona vs. Bart Ehrman Debate
Bart Ehrman recently came out with a book about Suffering being God’s Problem. I haven’t read it yet. It’s on my plans of books to purchase and read though. (I have so many books in my waiting list right now and my funds are tight and I’m about to begin a week modular class.) However, … Continue reading Is Bart Ehrman God’s Problem?
What about the Ehrman quote on the lack of references to Jesus? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out. Last night I am browsing Facebook and see someone share this quote again. “In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher … Continue reading Is Ehrman Among The Mythicists?
Are our students ready for Seminary? Let’s talk about it on Deeper Waters. Yesterday, I went on a search through local churches in our area to see how many of them were interested in having a speaker come talk about apologetics-related topics. I would consistently find that there were youth programs and college programs, but … Continue reading Book Plunge: Ehrman’s Introduction To The New Testament
How’s the view from under the bus? Let’s talk about it on Deeper Waters. I have yet to read Ehrman’s “Did Jesus Exist?” although I do have a copy of it here, but library books come first. That having been said, it has been amusing on some web sites to see how Richard Carrier is … Continue reading The Ehrman/Carrier debate
In the Holy Cross debate done against William Lane Craig, scholar Bart Ehrman argues that the gospels were not written by the traditional authors. The names “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John” were not part of the text. These were the authors noted by early church tradition as the writers of the gospels. In Ehrman’s words, … Continue reading Ehrman’s claim on eyewitnesses.
What about Intelligent Design? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out. In this chapter, Brucker talks about what he calls unintelligent design. Now i have no desire to defend the Intelligent Design movement. I think it can make the mistake of thinking the main answer to the questions lies in science when God … Continue reading Book Plunge: Improbable Issues With The God Hypothesis Part 2
Did Jesus rise from the dead? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out. This chapter is about the resurrection and it is written by Ed Atkinson. He and I had a few debates on the Unbelievable Facebook page when I was there. It was kind of reliving the past to go through this … Continue reading Book Plunge: Still Unbelievable Part 6
Are you representing them correctly? Let’s plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out. There’s a rule that on April 1st, everyone checks everything that is said or shared on social media. This is a day of tricks and we want to make sure we’re getting our information right. Who wants to be fooled? Compare … Continue reading Getting Your Opponents Right