Bible Contradictions Archives - Jonathan McLatchie

Are There Colossal Contradictions in the Gospels? A Reply to Rabbi Tovia Singer

1 Comment / Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Critics of Christianity, Tovia Singer, Undesigned Coincidences / jmclatchie

Though the alleged discrepancies offered by Rabbi Singer require some investigation to untangle, closer inspection — and more careful reading of the relevant texts — reveals the arguments to be unfounded. The solutions that I have offered to these challenges are not strained or forced harmonizations, but rather are suggested from within the texts themselves.

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Book Review: Jesus Christ Our Lord, by John Walvoord

1 Comment / Bible Contradictions, Biblical Typology, Book Reviews, Deity of Christ, Eschatology, Evidence for the Resurrection, Messianic Prophecy, New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Predictive Prophecy, Theology, Trinity / jmclatchie

John Walvoord (1910-2002) was a past president of Dallas Theological Seminary (1952-1986) and a prolific author. He was probably best known for his advocacy of dispensational theology and of pre-tribulation ‘rapture’ theology with respect to eschatology. In his book, Jesus Christ Our Lord, Walvoord offers a systematic presentation of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast

3 Comments / Bart Ehrman, Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Critics of Christianity / jmclatchie

Multiple times throughout the podcast, Ehrman points out that it is possible to make nearly any two contradictory texts harmonize if you try hard enough. This is true, but it is likewise possible to make nearly any two complementary texts contradict if you try hard enough.

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On Matthew Hartke’s Five Reasons to Doubt the Resurrection

12 Comments / Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Evidence for the Resurrection / jmclatchie

Matthew L. Hartke is a former Christian who hosts the blog “Resurrection Review,” on which he analyzes and discusses the origins of Christianity. A correspondent recently brought to my attention an article posted on Hartke’s site, provocatively titled “Five Reasons to Doubt the Resurrection” and asked me if I could respond to it.

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The Historicity of the Feeding of the Five Thousand: An Appraisal of the Evidence

Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Undesigned Coincidences / jmclatchie

It is one of the most iconic incidents in Jesus’ life. We are all familiar with the famous story of Jesus miraculously feeding the five thousand from five loaves and two fish, with no fewer than twelve basketfuls of leftovers. But just how historical is this story?

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Is the Bible Without Error? Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Christian Epistemology

8 Comments / Bible Contradictions, Dealing with Doubts, Inerrancy and Inspiration, Philosophy, Probability Theory, Theology / jmclatchie

A common litmus test for Christian orthodoxy is adherence to the doctrine of Biblical inerrancy, which maintains that the Biblical text, in the original autographs, is completely without error in all that it affirms.

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Did Jesus Exist? A Critical Appraisal of Richard Carrier’s Interpretation of the Pauline Corpus

4 Comments / Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Book Reviews, Critics of Christianity, Extrabiblical Corroboration, Jesus Mythicism, Richard Carrier, Undesigned Coincidences / jmclatchie

Richard Carrier is an ancient historian who has risen to prominence as the lead advocate of Jesus Mythicism, a school of thought that entertains the idea that Jesus of Nazareth may never have existed at all.

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The Resurrection of Jesus: The Evidential Contribution of Luke-Acts

14 Comments / Bart Ehrman, Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Critics of Christianity, Evidence for the Resurrection, Extrabiblical Corroboration, Undesigned Coincidences / jmclatchie

Any discussion of the evidence for the resurrection must first ascertain what the original apostolic witnesses claimed and whether those claims are best explained by the resurrection, or by some alternative hypothesis.

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Finding Contradictions Where There Is None: A Review of Jesus, Interrupted (Part 3)

3 Comments / Bart Ehrman, Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Book Reviews, Critics of Christianity / jmclatchie

Since it is a fair assumption that Ehrman has chosen his best and, to his mind, most convincing examples of alleged contradictions in the gospels and Acts, the abject failure of Ehrman’s proposed contradictions should give us renewed confidence in the substantial trustworthiness of the Biblical accounts.

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More Misrepresentations and Distortions by Bart Ehrman: A Review of Jesus, Interrupted (Part 2)

8 Comments / Bart Ehrman, Bible Contradictions, Biblical Reliability, Book Reviews, Critics of Christianity / jmclatchie

With Bart Ehrman I regrettably have learned never to trust him to accurately represent his sources since, from past experience, I know him to be misquoting or misrepresenting his sources far more often than he accurately represents them.

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