The discovery of a rural synagogue in Galilee dating from the 1st century lends support for the New Testament accounts of Jesus teaching in synagogues. For years scholars have doubted those accounts since it was hard to believe that a Jewish rabbi would allow an itinerate teacher like Jesus to come in an take over […]

(46 is the earliest (nearly) complete manuscript of the Epistles written by Paul in the new testament: Wikipedia) According to Tertullian were some NT Autographs still in existence late in the 2nd century? Dr. Daniel B. Wallace explores what Tertullian had to say about them in 180 C.E./AD in an article-  “Did the Original New […]

                                        (John Piper: Wikipedia) From the Christian Post an article by John Piper: “Do Christians have permission to pray imprecatory prayers?” I’m sure slow to. I’m thinking of 1 John, where it says, "There is a sin that is unto death, I do not say that you should pray for that sin," meaning, "If you […]

(Image- Princeton) Just before Easter, James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici made all sorts of sensational claims about their discovery of a new ‘Patio’ tomb at Talpiot. These are the same guys who brought us the supposed ‘Jesus Family Tomb’ a couple of years ago. They produced a book and a documentary all about their new […]

(P52 Fragment via Wikipedia) From the Christian Post: Dallas Theological Seminary professor Daniel B. Wallace has said that newly discovered fragments from the Gospel of Mark could be the oldest New Testament artifacts ever found and date from the first century A.D., or during the time of eyewitnesses of Jesus’ resurrection. … Wallace explained that […]