FACTS

Dr. Stephen Boyce will be discussing the highly debated canonical status of 2 Peter. There are historical and internal reasons to have concerns about the canonical status of this Epistle. However, Dr. Boyce will walk the listener through multiple perspectives to give a viable argument in favor of 2 Peter being canonical.

In this Episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce discusses his perspective as to why there is a new push, in the younger generation, to go back to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He will discuss the problems he sees within our modern churches that have created a mess for the Church as a whole. 

On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be discussing the authorship and composition of the Book of Hebrews. Did Paul write this letter? Did one of his followers write this letter? Does it even matter if we know who wrote this letter? All of these questions will be answered in this episode. 

Many modern scholars today hold to a 2-3 person authorship due to the literary forms. They would say that Isaiah (“proto-Isaiah”) wrote chapters 1–39, an anonymous author living during the exile (“deutero-Isaiah”) wrote 40–55, and another anonymous author living after the exile (“trito-Isaiah”) wrote 56–66. On this episode of FACTS, Dr. Boyce will explain these different views and why he believes these "discrepancies" can be reconciled with a proper understanding of the themes, history, layout, and framework of the original writer. 

On this episode of Facts, Dr. Stephen Boyce will walk the listener through the origins behind the Book of Revelation. Can it be traced to John the Apostle? Can the literary forms and method be written by a man who was once a fisherman? Are there historical arguments for the date and authorship for this book? Dr. Boyce will carefully answer these questions in his current series on the canonical texts. 

The authorship of the Book of James has long been disputed. Not only the author, but the composition as well. In this episode, Dr. Boyce will be making a historical and internal claim as to who he believes the author to be. He will also demonstrate various literary forms, and demonstrate multiple comparisons to other wisdom writings.  

In this episode of FACTS, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be examining the author, date, and composition of the Epistle of Jude. He will be looking at the historical citations and framework given to us; while also examining the internal evidence that the Epistle provides for itself. 

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce with be examining the authorship, date, and composition of the book of Romans, along with examining the various endings. He will walk the listener through the external and internal data that will point to a Pauline authorship.

Many in modern scholarship will dismiss the pastoral epistles from the Pauline writings. The basis for this argument is due to the differences in vocabulary and syntax. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will be defending the Pauline authorship, while answering the main arguments against it.

Did Luke actually write an account of the Apostles? Can we see evidence in history, and in the text itself, that the writer had a working knowledge of the key characters? In this episode, Dr. Stephen Boyce will walk the listener through these questions, and seek to answer each claim.