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Issues with “All Men” in 1 Timothy 2

Published on April 9, 2023 By sirrahc

In a recent podcast from Stand to Reason with Greg Koukl, a caller (beginning around 25:30) asked about Koukl’s understanding of the biblical doctrine of predestination. Koukl began with a basic definition of the word — i.e., to determine that something will take place before it takes place — and pointed out that a lot […]

Bible Contradictions at the Empty Tomb (Part 2 of 2)

Published on April 21, 2011 By sirrahc

Continuing my attempt from yesterday (actually from some years ago) to reconcile the various Gospel passages having to do with the Empty Tomb…. “I think it is worth remembering that women were second-class citizens in that culture. While Jesus (and later the disciples) taught that women were to be respected and basically treated as equals, […]

Bible Contradictions at the Empty Tomb (Part 1 of 2)

Published on April 20, 2011 By sirrahc

In the interest of doing something seasonal… Every year around this time, some atheist or agnostic author/professor will make some claim about what the Bible “really” says or that the Bible is unreliable history or the “real” Christianity teaches something different or… some such thing. Bart Ehrman already kicked things off last month by promoting […]

Why the Gospels Differ

Published on March 30, 2011 By sirrahc

When reading through and comparing the four canonical Gospels, Christian and non-Christian alike will sometimes wonder why the books aren’t in the same format and tell the same stuff. True, they do follow the basic style for biography in the ancient Greco-Roman world (which can be frustrating to us ‘modern’ people who want more complete […]

Are The Gospel Accounts of the Nativity Contradictory?

Published on December 20, 2010 By sirrahc

Skeptics of religion — and of Christianity in particular — always like to pick apart the Bible, claiming that this or that is inaccurate or could never have happened or has been “proven wrong”, or some such thing. I have yet to hear/read any “contradictions” that don’t have some plausible explanation, particularly when one does […]