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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

    The Four: A Survey of the Gospels. By Peter J. Leithart. Moscow, ID: Canon Press, 2010, 251 pp. In chapter 3 of his Survey of the Gospels, Peter Leithart introduces three questions which arise because of the similarities and differences between Matthew, Mark, and Luke: “Where do the Gospels come…

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    Does Mark conflate descriptive material from Matthew and Luke?

    September 7, 2025 - By admin

    The most popular modern hypothesis for explaining the publication order of the Synoptic Gospel is that Mark was published first, followed by Matthew and Luke, each having used Mark and other sources without having consulted each other. Variations exist on this hypothesis; but consistently, Mark is claimed to have been…

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    John Eveleigh claims Matthew published shortly after Stephen’s death

    August 28, 2025 - By admin

    In 1792, John Eveleigh delivered the annual Bampton Lectures at Oxford. At the time, Eveleigh was the provost of Oriel College, one of the colleges of Oxford, and prebendary of Rochester Cathedral. The lectures were published under the title: A View of Our Religion: With Regard to its Substance, With…

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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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    Walter Shirley and the Supremacy of Scripture

    July 17, 2025 - By admin

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    Mark’s Paraphrase of an OT Quotation in the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:12)

    July 3, 2025 - By admin

    In previous articles, I have illustrated Mark’s tendency towards omitting Matthew’s Old Testament quotations, when covering the same episode as Matthew, while at the same time inserting a few words which allude to the underlying OT passage itself. I am presently aware of six instances of this behavior. Correspondingly, I…

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    Matthean Publication Assumptions and the Sermon on the Mount

    June 21, 2025 - By admin

    In a prior article it was observed that Oliver Buswell acknowledged that his interpretation of the Olivet Discourse was impacted by his assumptions regarding the date of Matthew’s Gospel. I suggest that publication assumptions can likewise impact one’s interpretation and application of the Sermon on the Mount. Specifically, I suggest…

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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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    Synoptic Sequences

    Is Matthew or Mark more chronologically accurate? A survey of Birks, Upham, Cockburne, Chapman, and Wenham.

    May 13, 2025 - By admin

    Last year, I surveyed the opinions of various scholars who either “broadly discounted the Gospels as providing chronological accounts” or who specifically discounted Matthew’s chronological sequence of events, in favor of Mark’s ordering of events. In contrast, I suggested that “if we accept that Matthew was published first, coincident with…

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