Learning from the persecuted Church
The ‘Seize the Day’ podcast for August is now online. In it, John Ayrton is talking to Andy Dipper, the CEO of Release International, about what we can learn from the persecuted Church. Last in series. Go here to listen.
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The new atheism and ‘God: new evidence’
The ‘new atheists’ have succeeded in obtaining a high profile in the media: Richard Dawkins’ book ‘The God Delusion’ sold more than two million copies, and spent a year on the NY Times best-seller list. His latest book, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ is now being widely promoted. A few years ago, UK Channel 4 [...]
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What’s different about the ‘new atheism’?
Is the ‘new atheism’ just the same old same old, but with a different skin? Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says not, according to a recent blog post by Michael Patton. Mohler identifies the following key differences (my words, not his, nor Patton’s): It celebrates atheism, rather than mourning the loss of [...]
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How reliable are the documents?
How
much variation is there between different manuscripts of the
New Testament?
There
are many variations between different 'families' of manuscripts of the
New Testament. This is what we would expect of hand-copied documents.
However, in spite of what people sometimes claim, the differences
between the manuscripts are small and insignificant (-often just minor
matters of punctuation or grammar-), and do not in any way affect any
significant matter of historical fact or the message of the Bible.
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