In "A Trustworthy Gospel," I confront Gospel integrity challenges that arise when it is accepted that the earliest Gospels were not published until several decades after the resurrection. In "A Gospel for Cornelius," I counter Gospel integrity challenges that arise due to content and sequential discrepancies between the Gospels of…
A Gospel for Cornelius: Discovering Mark's Affinity with Matthew now available.
A new book, A Gospel for Cornelius: Discovering Mark's Affinity with Matthew to be published in September.
This article articulates a four-step framework for the progressive proclamation and publication of the Synoptic Gospels and Acts (assuming a Matthew, Mark, Luke sequence), contrasted with Black's four phase Gospel development model (which assumes a Matthew, Luke, Mark sequence).
My upcoming book on Mark’s Gospel explores exegetical insights and harmonization benefits that are available if one accepts the premise that Mark was published for the benefit of Cornelius and friends in Caesarea Maritima shortly after their conversion per Acts 10, and shortly after the publication of Matthew’s Gospel. This…
Following the conversion of Cornelius and those gathered in his home in Caesarea Maritima, how would Peter and the other apostles have responded, if Cornelius had then asked that a written Gospel be provided, which recounted the story and teachings of Jesus?
If the arguments for the early publication of Matthew in A Trustworthy Gospel are accepted, then what are the implications for the next Gospel to be published?