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What’s the Best Evidence for the Reliability of the Old Testament?

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What’s the Best Evidence for the Reliability of the Old Testament?

May 23, 2024
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Questions about the best evidence for the reliability of the Old Testament, whether Greg subscribes to the idea of four independent Gospel accounts or two-source theory, and why the apostle Paul wrote so much of the New Testament.

* What’s the best evidence for the historical reliability of the Old Testament? How do we know that what the Old Testament writers wrote back then is what we have today?

* Does Greg subscribe to the idea of four independent Gospel accounts or something more like the two-source theory?

* Why do you think the apostle Paul was commissioned to write so much of the New Testament explaining Christian theology when he wasn’t present for Jesus’ teachings during his earthly ministry?

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