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    Another advocate for an early Matthew—Final Decade Before the End, by Edward Stevens

    October 24, 2025 - By admin

    Stevens dates Matthew as being published in AD 31–38 and Mark as AD 38–44. Again, this is on the premise that the resurrection was in AD 30. Stevens notes the parallels between Matthew 24 (the Olivet Discourse) and Paul's letters to the Thessalonians as a basis for arguing that Matthew…

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    A modern advocate for an early Matthew—The Four: A Survey of the Gospels, by Peter Leithart

    September 20, 2025 - By admin

    Leithart addresses three questions which arise because of the similarities and differences between Matthew, Mark, and Luke: "Where do the Gospels come from? Which Gospel comes first? Do any of the evangelists [Gospel authors] use the writings of other evangelists?"

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    Joel Grassi Review of “A Trustworthy Gospel”

    July 21, 2025 - By admin

    A kind review by Pastor Joel Grassi over at Commonwealth Community Baptist Church in the Bronx, NY. Click HERE to download. Also, a nice discussion of the book on his radio program, Walking in the Word, on July 28, 2025 at t=10:30. Click HERE to listen.

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    Recent Interviews Supporting Matthean Priority at “Bible and Theology Matters” Podcast

    July 21, 2025 - By admin

    Two great interviews recently over at the Bible and Theology Matters podcast, hosted by Dr. Paul Weaver of Dallas Theological Seminary. “Matthew or Mark?: Which Gospel was Written First?” — with Dr. William Varner. (Including a quick mention of my book!) “The Synoptic Problem: Why Four Gospels?” — with Dr.…

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    Book Review. Why Four Gospels? by Arthur W. Pink

    June 9, 2025 - By admin

    Why Four Gospels? By Arthur W. Pink. New Kensington, PA: Whitaker House, 2017, 176 pp. [Originally published as: Why Four Gospels? By Arthur W. Pink. Swengel, PA: Bible Truth Depot, 1921.] The fundamentalist-modernist struggles of the 1910s and 1920s have increasingly fascinated me—this was the era during which the series,…

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    Book Reflection. Is There a Synoptic Problem? Rethinking the Literary Dependence of the First Three Gospels by Eta Linnemann

    May 29, 2025 - By admin

    Is There a Synoptic Problem? : Rethinking the Literary Dependence of the First Three Gospels. By Eta Linnemann. Translated by Robert W. Yarbrough. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1992, 219 pp. Back when I began my own journey in wrestling with the Synoptic Problem (SP), I found that Eta Linnemann was frequently…

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    Book Review. Matthew, Mark, and Luke: A Study in the Order and Interrelation of the Synoptic Gospels by John Chapman

    January 15, 2025 - By admin

    Matthew, Mark and Luke: A Study in the Order and Interrelation of the Synoptic Gospels. By John Chapman. Edited by John M. T. Barton. London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1937, 312 pp. Last month I was privileged to acquire a copy of John Chapman’s significant work on the order and…

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    Response to NOBTS review: The language of Matthew and the use of the dative of respect for contrast

    December 12, 2024 - By admin

    One reason that scholars tend to discount the testimony of the earliest church fathers concerning Matthean priority is due to the apparent claim that Matthew’s Gospel was written in Hebrew (or Aramaic). For example, Irenaeus is commonly translated as stating that “Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews…

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    Review of “A Trustworthy Gospel”: NOBTS Journal of Baptist Theology & Ministry

    December 7, 2024 - By admin

    Dr. Kirk MacGregor of McPherson College has published a review of my book in the Fall 2024 issue of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary journal. Please take a look: https://www.nobts.edu/baptist-center-theology/journals/journals/jbtm21b.pdf After surveying the arguments expressed in each chapter of the book, the review critically engages with my novel approach…

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    Book Review. Trustworthy: Thirteen Arguments for the Reliability of the New Testament by Benjamin Shaw

    June 30, 2024 - By admin

    Trustworthy: Thirteen Arguments for the Reliability of the New Testament. By Benjamin C. F. Shaw. Forward by Gary S. Habermas. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2024, xiii + 142 pp. Benjamin Shaw’s Trustworthy is a welcome addition to a subgenre which aspires to provide confidence in the biblical text, while targeting…

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  • Another advocate for an early Matthew—Final Decade Before the End, by Edward Stevens
  • Irenaeus affirms an early Matthew: Rome means Roman Empire in 1 Maccabees 8 also
  • A modern advocate for an early Matthew—The Four: A Survey of the Gospels, by Peter Leithart
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