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Historical Confirmations of Scripture

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[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Contrary to popular belief, there is an abundance of geographical, archaeological, and historical evidence of Biblical events. The following are only a few of many examples. Genesis 6-11: The Sumerian King List … [Read more...]

Archaeological Confirmations of Scripture

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[This post is a work in progress as part of the CAA Catechism.] [Add the title only in the title field, not in the body of the post.] Summary in 400 words or less: Archaeology is a special branch of historical investigation and anthropology that tries to trace evidence of the lives of past societies and civilizations by material remains left behind by them. Modern … [Read more...]

Paul – Apostle or Fraud

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“Paul is not essential. He’s not a requirement to be a Christian.” “You only have Paul’s word for being a ‘light to the gentiles’ and let’s face it Paul was known as a liar, he said so.” “Jesus never tells us to follow Paul. Paul tells us to follow Paul.” “Paul did not meet the criteria for being an apostle, therefore he wasn’t one except through his own … [Read more...]

Undesigned Coincidences: Part 2

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Talking about undesigned coincidences in the abstract can take us only so far. There is nothing like seeing a few of them for oneself to make the idea clear. We will start with an example from William Paley’s Horae Paulinae, the first work to explore this sort of argument in detail. Paley’s object is to show the numerous correspondences between the Pauline epistles and the … [Read more...]

Irony In Rejecting Eyewitnesses

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One of the objections that come up when discussing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, is that we cannot trust the Apostles. Even though the Apostles were eyewitnesses to the events of Jesus, they cannot be trusted because they are biased. It strikes me, and should you too, that someone would complain that an eyewitness believes what they saw. I mean, if I … [Read more...]

Convince Me There’s A God – Archaeology 3

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For those of you who have studied Biblical archaeology, you'll recognize that I am not mentioning the greatest discoveries of the last 40 years during this series. That's because I'm limiting my comments to those discoveries available for me to consider during the early part of 1971. These findings, and others too many to mention in a limited series, were part of my journey … [Read more...]

Ask the Alliance: Why aren’t there more Old Testament apologetics?

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:::Ask the Alliance Question #3::: Question submitted by Jimmy: Maybe I didn't do my research right, but it seems like there are many books about apologetics about Jesus and the Gospels and the New Testament, but it seems like there aren't any apologetics about the Old Testament. I listen to lectures about old testament on the web from well-known schools and most scholars seem … [Read more...]

Undesigned Coincidences: Part 1

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Nearly everyone has a concept of what it means for historical claims to be confirmed by a new discovery. Tablets unearthed at Kültepe in the late 19th century reveal that there was, as the Old Testament had said, a vast Hittite empire in the time of Abraham. An Arabic manuscript turns out to contain the Diatessaron of Tatian, settling once and for all the question of whether … [Read more...]

Inerrancy, Scripture, and the Easy Way Out

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Inerrancy, defined as simply as possible, is the Christian doctrine that the Bible is divinely inspired and without error. But it is important to move beyond this simple definition, because people often come away with misconceptions about the doctrine. The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy explicates what evangelicals mean when they speak of inerrancy. I highly recommend … [Read more...]

Jesus’ Gospel Teachings are Authentically Jesus

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Can we trust the four canonical Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? More specifically, are the teachings they ascribe to Jesus authentic? The Jesus Seminar (JS), a collection of skeptical Bible critics active in the 1980s and 90s, concluded that only 18% of what the Gospels had attributed to Jesus were actually genuine. For many, this puts the kibosh on the Bible. If it’s … [Read more...]

Unity Statement

In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things charity. The Christian Apologetics Alliance (CAA) is united in our Statement of Faith. The CAA does not, as an organization, have positions on many of the doctrinal or theological debates that take place within the church. Our primary concern is to promote the gracious, rational defense of the central claims of Christianity and the critique of opposing systems of thought. The CAA joyfully welcomes Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and diverse Protestant believers, and we are committed to treating all these traditions with respect in our community.

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