A debate that took place in Seattle Town Hall, Sept. 2016

Heroin addiction, worship, and living waters - a fresh reading of John 4:10-16 in light of linguistic and contextual features

This message discusses implications of archaeological discoveries concerning the Pool of Bethesda and evidence if may have been an 'Asclepeion'.

An analysis of textual problems around the 'pericope adulterae' and an argument for taking it seriously.

This lecture explores Richard Bauckham's argument (i.e. how names of persons in the Gospels/Acts compare to Tal Ilan's lexicon of names from that time period)

The original texts of the Old Testament were written on scrolls of papyrus and animal skins. However, these would last only for a few centuries, so again and again the Bible had to be copied by scribes. Was this copying accurate or were errors introduced? Hear about how the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls provides the unexpected and amazing evidence for the accuracy and reliability of the copying of the ancient manuscripts over the ages. This Podcast is an excerpt from Rob's book Prepared to Answer that was recently published

Like the apostles before them, the leaders of the early Christian church wrote letters to each other for encouragement and teaching. In these letters, written by the generation that sat at the feet of the apostles, we find thousands of quotations of books from the New Testament even before it was officially accepted. This Podcast is an excerpt from Rob's book Prepared to Answer that was recently published

Why are the so many different English Bibles translations? Does that imply that there is no reliable original Bible text preserved? Or is it because translation is not an exact science and requires the translator to make subjective choices and allows for human error? This Podcast is an excerpt from Rob's book Prepared to Answer that was recently published

After Jesus' resurrection the apostles abandoned their possessions and professions and committed the remainder of their lives to preaching the Gospel of Jesus. Almost all paid the ultimate price: a gruesome death. Was their faith based on fact or did they die for a lie? This Podcast is an excerpt from Rob's book Prepared to Answer that was recently published

The great apostle Paul was initially a zealous persecutor of Christians. What made him change his mind? Only Jesus' resurrection can explain his dramatically changed life, his commitment to Christ, and ultimately his martyrdom. This Podcast is an excerpt from Rob's book Prepared to Answer that was recently published