This has been quite the enjoyable series of articles to develop, and I trust that you have benefitted from it thus far. We’ve seen what the concept of Canon is, taken a look at how the Old and New Testament collections of books were formed. We’ve also considered some of the objections against the...
So far in this series we’ve taken a look at the concept of canon in both the Old and New Testaments. We also looked at why Protestants reject the books of the Apocrypha and some of the claims of the Roman Catholic Church concerning Tradition. In this article, we will take a look at how we...
In our first article in this series, we took a look at what the canon of Scripture is, then in our second article we saw how the books of the Old Testament came together. Next, we considered why the books of the Apocrypha are not found in our Protestant Bibles today. In this article, we turn to...
In our first article in this series, we looked at what is meant by the ‘canon’ of Scripture - the collection of authoritative, divinely inspired books. In our second article, we looked at the formation of the Old Testament canon. But why is it that Roman Catholic Bibles have extra books in them?...
Our first article in this series looked at what is meant by the term ‘canon’ and why it is important for us today. In this article, we will look at the Old Testament and how it was formed and organized. Why did the Jews start collecting books together in the first place? Why is it that our Old...
We live in a day where it is becoming increasingly harder to filter through all the misinformation and recognize credible sources. Fake news is a real issue and people are becoming increasingly confused about what they can trust and where to go. Thus, in our day-to-day lives, we see the immense...
For many, the phrase, "The New Perspective on Paul" would not have much meaning. However, this debate in theological circles has massive influence on many pastors and church leaders today. It hits at the core of the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone, and thus, is an important one...
For those of you who are not familiar with Dr. Andy Bannister, you should be. Whether you’re an atheist or Christian or anything else, his wittiness and sense of humour alone are worth the banter of this book. Even if you don’t come to agree with his intensely straightforward logical reasoning,...
You can also listen to an audio version of this article here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4EEDyfdRbBrKNJMrLTrIIe?si=A32gV4IFRRq3AFBsjCWl7A Social Justice and Racism are terms which have reverberated throughout our societies in an especially amplified way this past year. The various riots of...
You can also listen to an audio version of this article here: The true historic faith of Christianity has always been under attack. Even from the earliest days of the church in its infancy, we see in the writings of the New Testament that false teaching was already a big concern. It is...