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Bart Ehrman

Bart Ehrman and the problem of Mark 2:26

In the introductory chapter of his best-selling book, Misquoting Jesus, Bible scholar Bart Ehrman recounts how he went from being a Christian to a skeptic. In his story, he mentions...

When did Jesus cleanse the Temple?

There seems to be no end in sight to the allegations that the Bible is full of discrepancies. One of the more famous contradictions appears in the gospels where Jesus...

The Death of Judas Iscariot

The Gospel of Matthew says that Judas Iscariot died by hanging himself (27:5). However, when we read Acts 1:18 Peter says something different: “…he fell headlong, his body burst open...