Ep. 107 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Are The Biblical Manuscripts Corrupt

The Bible was not beamed into the minds of robot authors and the copying of the original texts were not divinely protected so that no error could be made in the copy. Doesn’t seem like that startling of a message. However, Bart Ehrman became popular on the message – which is quite odd. So we cover the topic of how the New Testament came to be and how scribes, manuscripts, and textual variants help us to have confidence that we have the Word of God preserved in the text of The Bible.

Timeline Breakdown:

00:00 – Introduction
01:25 – Why We Should Care If The Bible Is Corrupt
04:10 – 6 Claims Addressed
08:20 – How Did We Get The Bible Is An Important Question To Answer
10:39 – Lack Of Understanding Of The Transmission Of The Bible
12:10 – The Scribes Of The New Testament
13:16 – NT Manuscripts & Textual Variants
17:51 – Recommended Resources
18:40 – What Is Textual Criticism
19:45 – External Evidence Textual Scholars Looks At
20:51 – Internal Evidence Textual Scholars Looks At
26:08 – The Reason For The Popular Reception Of Bart Ehrman
27:20 – Bart Ehrman’s Theological Theory Of The Bible?
31:30 – The Openness Of New Testament Scholarship
33:38 – The Bible Vs. The Quran
34:36 – Conclusion