To launch us into the new year, I offer an “Epistle to the Reader,” by Edmund Calamy. Calamy was a Presbyterian minister before, during, and after the turbulent years of the English Civil Wars. For a period, he was a chaplain to Charles II, but was subsequently ejected from the…
Welcome to our gathering, brothers and sisters, children of Israel who belong to the Way. Tonight we remember the birth of our Lord and Savior, who was born into this world roughly forty years ago. Jesus was the promised son of David, anticipated by the prophets, announced by an angel,…
My thanks to Wipf & Stock for their promotional activities, as they had a booth at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, and displayed my book along with many others. I do enjoy these annual ETS gatherings. This was my fifth. Thousands of attendees. Get to chat with interesting…
For those in the broader Seattle area, do check out the speaker lineup at the upcoming events sponsored by the Apologetics Forum of Snohomish County. https://www.apologeticsforum.org/ My thanks to Atonement Free Lutheran Church in Arlington for hosting a gathering last night, where we heard Dr. Phil Fernandes survey the apologetic…
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.…
Christian apologists have offered a variety of reasons for why we should judge the Gospels as trustworthy. I particularly appreciate Peter J. Williams’ succinct Can We Trust the Gospels, in which he (1) presents the testimony of ancient non-Christian sources concerning the Christian movement, (2) demonstrates that the Gospel authors…
On this website, my focus is on the early publication of Matthew’s Gospel, as the first Gospel to be published. Yet, among those who advocate for Matthew as the first Gospel, there are two main camps. Those subscribing to the Augustinian theory, as it is often called, affirm a Matthew,…
Welcome to “A Trustworthy Gospel.” This site seeks to encourage Christians to embrace and hold fast to the belief that the first Gospel, Matthew, was published early, before the life story and teachings of Jesus were potentially corrupted over time, particularly due to the failure of eyewitness memories. Yes, the…