In determining the reliability of ancient writings, whether secular or religious (like the New Testament), scholars have devised standards to judge them. Those standards are the following: Bibliographic Evidence –Was the document composed close to the time of the event(s) it describes? –How many copies of the document are available to make a comparison? Internal [...]
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Manuscript evidence: the New Testament’s firm reliability
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 13, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/manuscript-evidence-the-new-testaments-firm-reliability/
Is the New Testament truthful?–pt. 2
In the first part of this two-part post I covered the first three types of evidence we have that helps us determine whether or not the New Testament (NT) is telling us the truth. They were 1) Early Testimony, 2) Eyewitness Testimony, and 3) Embarassing Testimony. In part two I will cover the final three [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 13, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/is-the-new-testament-truthful-pt-2/
Is the New Testament truthful?–pt. 1
In my previous post, “Can we really know the truth?”, I discussed the fact that it is popular in society today to think that truth is relative regarding religion or moral standards and that no one can know for sure what religion or moral standards are the truth. I then showed how such popular thinking [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 9, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/is-the-new-testament-truthful-pt-1/
Is the apostle Paul one of the 12 disciples?
Having grown up going to church, I have often been taught by Sunday School teachers, preachers, and pastors that the apostle Paul was the real replacement for Judas Iscariot among the 12 disciples. Part of their reasoning was that he had such an impact on the first century church with his missionary journeys and has influenced the [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on August 4, 2007
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/is-the-apostle-paul-one-of-the-12-disciples/
Free from the law of tithing
Did you know that Christians are never commanded to tithe? This is something that religious leaders would never want you to know but Christians are not required to give a specific percentage of anything to the church. We are free to allow the Holy Spirit lead us in the amounts we should give, when we [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 15, 2007
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/free-from-the-law-of-tithing/
All of Israel shall be saved
I had an argument with a friend last year concerning Israel. My friend is of the opinion that Israel no longer has claim to their God-given land and that it belongs to the Palestinians since Israel has constantly disobeyed God and in doing so caused God to rescind his promise that they would always inhabit [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 10, 2007
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/02/10/all-of-israel-shall-be-saved/
Let no man glory in men
“For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on January 27, 2007
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/01/27/let-no-man-glory-in-men/
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