• General

    Apologetics Conferences (April 2024)

    If you are looking for apologetics resources and networking opportunities, here are two organizations to be aware of. Last weekend, I was down at the 2024 annual conference of the International Society of Christian Apologetics (ISCA), hosted this year at Fields Church in Carlsbad, California. There were presentations/papers from Dr.…

  • Analysis & Research

    How late is too late?

    What does it do to the trustworthiness of the witness testimony contained within the Gospels, when it is asserted that the Gospel of Matthew was not written until four, five, or six decades after the dialogues and events contained therein? First, I want to highlight the dating claims made by…

  • The Book

    “The Book” is now available!

    This is my first published book and I have to admit to feeling more than a little giddy with excitement. I’ve been quite distracted over the last couple weeks, as the typesetting was finished, then the cover design, and now the book is available through Christianbook, Amazon, Barnes and Noble,…

  • Family Bibles and Bible Handbooks

    Sunday School Materials

    Previous blog posts have profiled Protestant and Catholic family Bibles which identified early publication dates for the Gospels, including a publication date for Matthew within a decade of the resurrection and ascension. My goal has been to demonstrate that at one time there was a general awareness, within the English…

  • Historical Champions

    Historical Champions of the 1700s

    Excerpts from the writings of two additional authors, Robert Cockburne (1755) and Thomas Townson (1778), relating to the origins of Matthew’s Gospel, have now been posted. As with the other excerpts, I have modified the spellings and punctuation, to make the material more accessible to the modern reader. An extended…

  • The Early Need

    Paul’s Early Reference to a Gospel

    In the verse below, can you find Paul’s reference to something which was previously written which presented Christ as crucified? O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. (Galatians 3:1 ESV) The ESV wording above is typical of…

  • Family Bibles and Bible Handbooks

    Catholic Family Bibles

    I was excited today to find several older Catholic Bibles which also list an early date for Matthew’s Gospel. The date was integrated into a chronological index for the New Testament. Of course, finding dates in old Bibles doesn’t prove when the Gospels were published. However, what I am trying…

  • Historical Champions

    Historical Champions of the 1600s

    Excerpts from the writings of Richard Ward (1646), William Cave (1676), and John Edwards (1695), relating to the origins of Matthew’s Gospel, have now been posted. Credit belongs to Google and to the Early English Books Online project for digitizing and making these works available. I have modified the spellings…