The Historical Credibility of the New Testament, Part 3

David Potter Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ This is Part Three In parts one and two of this series, I introduced you to Diane, a Mormon who had become convinced that the Book of Mormon was false. She was also ready to believe the same of the New Testament since the Mormon Church had…

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The Historical Credibility of the New Testament, Part 2

David Potter Part One ♦ This is Part Two ♦ Part Three In my last post, I introduced, Diane, a sincere inquirer about the historical credibility of the New Testament. Diane, a fifth generation Mormon who graduated from Brigham Young University, had good cause to doubt the Book of Mormon, and she wondered if the…

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The Historical Credibility of the New Testament, Part 1

David Potter This is Part One ♦ Part Two ♦ Part Three I never expected to teach a Mormon when I signed on to teach at San Francisco Baptist Seminary, yet, here I was standing before a class that included Diane, a fifth generation Mormon and a graduate of Brigham Young University. Diane had asked…

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The Credibility of the Resurrection

John Vaughn R. A. Torrey called the resurrection of Jesus Christ “the cornerstone of Christian doctrine, the Gibraltar of Christian evidence, the Waterloo of liberalism.” And so it is. There are 11 recorded physical appearances of the risen Christ, making the Resurrection a well-established fact of history. Those who hold to the idea that He…

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