MT 1:20-23, LK 1:26-33 An angel announces to Joseph and/or Mary that the child (Jesus) will be “great,” the “son of the Most High,” etc., and …. MT 3:13-17, MK 1:9-11 The baptism of Jesus is accompanied by the most extraordinary happenings, yet …. MK 3:21 Jesus’ own relatives (or friends) attempt to constrain...
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Alleged Bible Inconsistencies: The Annunciations
MT 1:18-21 The Annunciation occurred after Mary had conceived Jesus. LK 1:26-31 It occurred before conception. MT 1:20 The angel spoke to Joseph. LK 1:28 The angel spoke to Mary. Wow! How simplistic can one be? It only takes a cursory reading of the text to see that there are two different events recorded. ...
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies: Another Genealogy Issue
MT 1:17 There were twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus. LK 3:23-38 There were forty-three. Is this truly an issue of an inconsistency or discrepancy? Could it be that the Biblical writers wrote with a purpose? Could that purpose not necessitate a strict listing of every person in the lineage of Jesus? We have...
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies
GE 35:10 God says Jacob is to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel. GE 46:2 At a later time, God himself uses the name Jacob. Is this truly inconsistent? Not at all. The reality is that from that day forward Jacob was primarily called Israel. The issue was not...
Book Review: Christian Apologetics Past And Present
Christian Apologetics Past And Present Vol 1: To 1500 ISBN-10: 1581349068 ISBN-13: 9781581349061 Christian Apologetics is a primary source reader. Instead of giving to us an apologetic argument, the editors have simply allowed people from the first sixteen centuries of Christianity to speak to us concerning the Christian faith. First of all, I must...
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies:Of Temptation And God
GE 22:1-12, DT 8:2 God tempts (tests) Abraham and Moses. JG 2:22 God himself says that he does test (tempt). 1CO 10:13 Paul says that God controls the extent of our temptations. JA 1:13 God tests (tempts) no one. On the surface this does indeed look like an inconsistency. Why is it not? It...
Answering Questions Concerning The Scriptures; Or Were The Biblical Writers Members of "The Flat Earth Society"?
Below one will find an exchange between a commenter on this blog and myself. I stated to him (David) that the Bible has demonstrated itself sufficient to withstand the onslaught of criticisms directed its way.” David replied to me with the following (my remarks are in blue): “It has indeed demonstrated itself sufficient to...
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies
GE 19:30-38 While he is drunk, Lot’s two daughters “lie with him,” become pregnant, and give birth to his offspring. 2PE 2:7 Lot was “just” and “righteous.” This is one of the most glorious of truths that is set before us. It is certainly to be understood that the skeptic does not understand such...
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies
GE 18:20-21 God decides to “go down” to see what is going on. PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view. Answer: Anthropopathy –noun ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, esp. to a deity. Also, an⋅thro⋅pop⋅a⋅thism....
Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies
GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half sister, Sarai, are married and receive God’s blessings. LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is wrong. What is the true issue here? Is it that there is an inconsistency in the Scriptures, or is it that there is a misunderstanding of the nature of revelation on the...
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