Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 04033 If the Bible is the Word of God, and if its authority depends on its divine origin, then the mechanism by which God produced it matters enormously. Scripture’s own testimony is that the Holy Spirit played the decisive role in the process of inspiration, ensuring that human authors writing in their own styles,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60084 The Gospel of Thomas is regularly cited in documentaries, popular books, and online discussions as evidence of suppressed early Christianity — a hidden text that the orthodox church buried in order to control what people believed. The reality is considerably different, and understanding what Thomas actually is matters for anyone who wants to…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 01183 The name Esdras is the Greek and Latin form of Ezra, and two books bear this title in various versions of the Old Testament: 1 Esdras and 2 Esdras. Neither belongs to the Protestant canon, but the question of whether they are worth reading at all deserves a considered answer rather than a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 60087 The claim that Constantine created the Bible appears regularly in popular sceptical discussions, was given wide circulation by Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code, and resurfaces periodically in online conversations as though it were settled historical fact. It is not. The claim is historically wrong in virtually every detail, and Christians should…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 01197 The letter to the Hebrews is anonymous. That is simply a fact. Unlike Paul’s letters, which consistently identify their author in the opening verse, Hebrews begins without naming anyone. The question of authorship has been debated since the earliest centuries of the church, and the honest answer is that no one can state…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 01205 Anyone who reads John’s Gospel and then turns to Revelation notices something immediately. The Gospel and the epistles flow in relatively polished, elegant Greek. Revelation does not. Sentences break grammatical rules. Case endings that should follow standard Greek convention do not. Scholars have catalogued dozens of what are technically called solecisms — violations…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1010 Special revelation is God’s direct, personal communication of truth that we could never discover on our own. Whilst general revelation (what God shows us through creation) tells us that God exists, special revelation tells us who God is and how we can know Him. Biblical Evidence The writer to the Hebrews puts it…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1080 The Bible itself mentions books that we do not possess: the Book of the Wars of the Lord, the Book of Jashar, letters Paul apparently wrote to Corinth before our “1 Corinthians.” Were these inspired Scripture? Have we lost parts of God’s Word? Should we be troubled that our Bible is incomplete? Books…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 1077 We do not possess the original manuscripts of any New Testament book. What we have are copies of copies. For some people, this raises an unsettling question: how do we know that the text we read today accurately reflects what the apostles actually wrote? Has the message been corrupted through centuries of hand-copying?…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 1070 If the Bible is truly God’s Word—inspired by Him in every part—then a natural question arises: does it contain errors? Can we trust everything it says? The doctrine of biblical inerrancy addresses this question directly, affirming that Scripture, in its original manuscripts, is entirely true and without error in all that it affirms….