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Nov 8, 2025
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How reliable are the four Gospels as historical accounts of Jesus' life?

Scholars agree Jesus of Nazareth existed, but the four canonical Gospels’ reliability as straightforward historical biographies is contested: defenders argue they preserve eyewitness testimony and anc...

Nov 6, 2025
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What are the biblical prophecies surrounding the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem?

The core biblical claims about a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem center on Ezekiel’s detailed temple vision (Ezekiel 40–48) and New Testament warnings that a standing temple will feature in end-times even...

Jan 14, 2026
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How do historians evaluate the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

Historians treat Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as ancient, theologically driven biographies whose value for reconstructing the historical Jesus depends on methodical parsing of authorship, date, sourc...

Jan 10, 2026

preservation of the 4 gospels

The preservation of the four canonical Gospels involves two linked questions: how the texts were composed and transmitted from first-century memories into manuscripts, and how the four-canonical form ...

Jan 10, 2026

who did candace owens say was friends with tyler bowyer in high school

Candace Owens has publicly alleged close personal ties between Tyler Bowyer and other figures tied to the Charlie Kirk controversy, but the available reporting does not include a clear, sourced quote ...

Jan 3, 2026

How do New Testament references (e.g., Matthew 24, Revelation 11) interact with Old Testament temple prophecies in Christian end‑times interpretations?

New Testament references such as Jesus’ warnings in Matthew 24 and the visionary drama of Revelation 11 engage Old Testament temple prophecies in diverse and often contested ways: some readers see dir...

Jan 2, 2026

How has the Massacre of the Innocents been used in art, politics, or moral debates from the Middle Ages to the present?

The Massacre of the Innocents—Matthew’s account of Herod ordering Bethlehem’s infants killed—has been a resilient cultural motif from the medieval church to contemporary art, used as devotional commem...

Dec 7, 2025

How do major gnostic texts like the Gospel of Thomas differ theologically from the New Testament gospels?

The Gospel of Thomas is a noncanonical collection of 114 sayings that differs sharply from the narrative, apostolic, and resurrection-centered gospels in the New Testament; scholars date Thomas mostly...

Nov 24, 2025

How have historical and contemporary Bible commentators (e.g., Augustine, Calvin, N.T. Wright) explained 'without cause' in Matthew 5:22?

Scholars and commentators have long debated whether Matthew 5:22 originally included the Greek adverb translated “without a cause” (εἰκῆ / “without cause”), and interpreters have treated that phrase i...