https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-124-Andreas-Kostenberger-Interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS He’s Written On Everything! We are beyond delighted and honored to sit down and interview Andreas Köstenberger. Dr. Köstenberger was […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-121-Why-Should-I-Believe-Christianity-Christianity-As-A-Worldview-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Who Is God? Who is God? Since Christianity is a worldview, we have to understand what that worldview says and […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-116-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Reasons-To-Believe.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Rose From The Dead? Rose From The Dead! Jesus rose from the dead. That’s the claim of The New Testament. […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-115-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Are-Many-New-Testament-Documents-Forged-Part-3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Apocryphal Books Of The Bible? Are there lost, Apocryphal books that should have been included in The Bible? Finishing the […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-114-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Are-Many-New-Testament-Documents-Forged-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Who Wrote The Bible? Who wrote The Bible? The next two claims of forgery against the New Testament are the […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-113-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Are-Many-New-Testament-Documents-Forged-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Fraud In The Bible? Fraud in The Bible by the New Testament authors? Say it isn’t so! Not really. The […]
We look at the final two claims that later church councils formed Christian orthodoxy and that the Canon of the NT was a weapon used to keep out competing Christian communities.
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-111-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Were-There-Many-Christianities-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Continuing our look at the Walter Bauer hypothesis, we look at 3 more claims about early Christian orthodoxy. Were the […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-110-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Were-There-Many-Christianities-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS We begin by looking at the theory of Walter Bauer. Bauer theorized that there were many early Christianities that existed […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-109-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Are-The-Biblical-Manuscripts-Corrupt-Part-3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Finishing up the chapter on having confidence that we have The Bible as originally written, we cover the last three […]
Covering the first three claims Bart Ehrman makes about the corruption & untrustworthiness of the New Testament, we see that nuance is needed. Not having the original manuscripts, loss of original readings, and textual variants are claims that play well to a particular audience. Yet, when we look at the details we actually see a benefit to many of the alleged “issues”.
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, Bar 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.
Looking at the final three claims of Bart Ehrman when it comes to the Bible having contradictions that make it a non-trustworthy historical story. We look at the difference in chronology and details and see that Ehrman’s claims don’t really add up to contradictions. We also look at Ehrman’s biggest claim in that Jesus was never thought of as being God or claimed to be God. It was only later, that His followers made those claims. We look at the internal critique which shows just the opposite.
Finishing the chapter dealing with alleged contradictions, we look at a few allegations Bart Ehrman makes. We look at the claim that Matthew & Paul contradict each other when it comes to salvation & The Law. We also look at the somewhat odd claim that there are some harmonizations that can’t be made with certain events of the New Testament, one of them being the trial of Jesus.
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cave-To-The-Cross-Apologetics-Ep.-103-Truth-In-A-Culture-Of-Doubt-Is-The-Bible-Full-Of-Irresolvable-Contradictions-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS We look at Bart Ehrman’s claim that the authors of the NT have contradictory points of view on major issues. […]
Introducing the chapter on the subject Bart Ehrman is known for, we look at the presuppositions Ehrman has that comes at a price of exclusion of other Bible scholars. The circle Ehrman draws around the “correct understanding of the Bible” seems to come from a place of his own choosing. He also establishes his own criteria for infallibility and speaks out against The Bible when it fails to meet his standard. We cover just the introduction to the chapter before getting into the five claims addressed in the rest of it.
Covering the second part of Bart Ehrman’s critique of the Bible’s explanation for the existence of evil and suffering, we cover a few critiques of the critiques. Ehrman doesn’t seem to like the reasons the Bible gives and doesn’t find them satisfying. He also finds them contradictory. There are answers there and hopefully, this gives Christians better motivation to understand the doctrines they hold to in order to be able to give answers to someone even if they are as prolific and impressive as Ehrman is.
Responding to one of Ehrman’s lesser-known book, “God’s Problem”. We discuss the introduction to some of the problems Ehrman raises and dig into the first objection of is there a contradiction of God being sovereign and God being good with all the evil and suffering in the world. Ehrman is not much known for him being a theologian or a philosopher so an odd subject for him to tackle. However, this is a subject which everyone comes to ask themselves about and should ask if their worldview gives a consistent argument to explain the existence (or non-existence) of evil and suffering.
Covering the introduction, we cover a bit more of Bart Ehrman and his work. Ehrman claims Christian scholarship has presuppositions going into the subject of New Testament scholarship. Ehrman, however, also has presuppositions whether he admits them or not. We also talk about the desired one should have to present alternative viewpoints in scholarship and present them in the best light to respond to them. Finally, we suggest a few additional free resources.
A short episode to introduce our new book “Truth In A Culture Of Doubt” by Andreas Köstenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chatraw. The Preface covers why the book is being written and why the critique is against Bart Ehrman, one of the most well known critical scholars of the New Testament.
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TIACOD-Trailer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Gaana | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS Here’s an Amazon link to our next book – https://amzn.to/2JX62lL that we’ll be starting on November 16. One of the […]
