A few weeks ago I noted my interest in writing a blog series on understanding the Gospels. Specifically of interest to me are the blog postings of Dr. Lydia McGrew, an analytic philosopher, who believes that evangelical New Testament scholarship is by-and-large misguided (to put it nicely). In that introductory post, I noted that not
How many times did Jesus cleanse the temple? In the Synoptics, Jesus cleanses the temple later in his ministry (Matthew 21:12-17, Mark 11:15-19, & Luke 19:45-48), but in John the temple is cleansed by Jesus very early in his ministry (John 2:13-16). As far as historical theology goes, Chrysostom (A.D. 349-407) held the dramatic event
In yesterday’s episode of Unbelievable? the radio program hosted by Justin Brierley in the historic city of London, England, the topic of the show was on the historicity of the Gospel of John. Normally Brierley pits a Christian vs. a non-Christian on some topic, but yesterday’s program saw two Christians, New Testament scholar Craig A.
For those unfamiliar with the drama that has transpired on the internet over the past nine months, let me catch you up. There has been a lengthy critique of Dr. Mike Licona’s recent book, Why Are There Differences in the Gospels ? (WDG), by Dr. Lydia McGrew (the wife of the highly esteemed Dr. Timothy
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