Over the past couple of decades I have received hundreds of letters from people who have fled the Word of Faith movement. These letters tell heart-rending stories of the sick being told that their sickness is a direct result of...
Read MoreI would like to alert you to a brand new resource we have here at CRI. It’s a book entitled Whose Ethics? Whose Morals? The Best of the Christian Research Journal. At first blush, reading a book like this might seem to be...
Read MoreRecently, Bart Ehrman was making the media circuit talk about his new book, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). Another of his alleged discrepancies in...
Read MoreI must confess that I did more than one double take when I encountered Bart Ehrman’s first problems with the Hebrew Old Testament. He not only complains that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 use different names for God but that the...
Read MoreI want to discuss something I’ve been focused on for a couple of days, which is Bart Erhman. He has made it clear from his perspective that the Bible is filled with discrepancies, many of them irreconcilable...
Read MoreTechnologically we’re wiring the planet; theologically we are short-circuiting our psyches. April 20, 2009 is the tenth anniversary of the Columbine killings. The title of the late Robert Bork’s book Slouching Toward...
Read MoreChristians are often accused of having blind faith. Punmesiter Bill Maher has said that Christianity stops people from thinking and in essence gives them blind faith. Here’s what he said on Larry King Live You know,...
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2009 marks the 36th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the infamous Supreme Court decision that initiated a holocaust of legalized abortion in the United States. I still remember exactly where I was; I was 22 years old at...
Read MoreIt seems as though it was just days ago that the Gospel of Judas was front and center in the news. USA Today ran a cover story titled, “Long-Lost Gospel of Judas Casts ‘Traitor’ in New Light.”[1] National...
Read MoreIt will come as no surprise to even semi-alert observers that truth as we have known it is under siege. It is being assailed on multiple fronts by a seemingly endless barrage of isms; such as postmodernism, relativism,...
Read MoreI would like to address something that’s circling the globe and is hot in the news and it’s called Darwinius Masillae. Some news stories have sensationalized this to the degree of saying, “It’s like...
Read MoreI would like to deal with another supposed problem with the Bible that Bart Ehrman addresses in his book Jesus Interrupted. Ehrman states, “In John’s gospel, Jesus performs his first miracle in chapter 2, when he...
Read MoreWhen I hear the voice of Professor Bart Ehrman in the many allegations he makes against the Word of God, sometimes I want to weep, other times I want to laugh. Some of the objections he raises I would imagine his students must...
Read MoreAs we discussed previously the Bible is increasingly under siege. This is present in a very visible way through people like Bart Ehrman who is succeeding in his mission to shake the faith of multitudes. He even seems proud to be...
Read MoreI am persuaded that the Bible teaches a form of Christian capitalism—responsibility associated with wealth. It does not promote the possession of money for the sake of money, but instead encourages us to use money for the...
Read MoreAs followers of the Bible Answer Man and Christian Research Institute know, truth as we have known it is under siege. It is being assailed on multiple fronts by a seemingly endless barrage of “ism’s”; such as...
Read MoreAnybody out there remember the Great Commission? In the Great Commission Christ called us not only to make converts but to make disciples. A disciple is, of course, a learner and follower of Jesus Christ. We are called to the...
Read MoreI found myself virtually screaming out the words, “Will someone please help Professor Bart Ehrman figure out how many angels were at the tomb!” It is a problem he brings up ad nauseum and ad infinitum as his way of...
Read MoreWe have yet another installment of Professors Gone Wild. Once again our main character is Professor Bart Ehrman. In this episode, he asks his readers to consider one of his all-time favorite passages, namely the Exodus account...
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