SIDEBAR 4: REASONABLE STANDARDS OF PROOF, PART I Author’s Note: This section introduces the evidentiary principles that will be applied consistently throughout Canon Crossfire when evaluating competing claims about the biblical canon. Consider the Moslem view of Christianity. From Qureshi: … Finally, we turn to the most common Muslim accusation…
SIDEBAR 3: THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE TRUTH Author’s Note: The pages that follow are intended to let the historical evidence speak for itself, inviting readers to evaluate the sources using a single, consistent standard of proof. Kruger’s view (part of his model, as he calls it) is that the…
SIDEBAR 2: SELF-AUTHENTICATION PROVES EVERYTHING Author’s Note: This sidebar examines the role of self-authentication in canon debates and explains why historical evidence remains essential to the discussion. It is well-established that simply reading the Books of the true Bible with an open mind will show any reasonable person that they…
SIDEBAR 1: SKEPTICS ARE THE OPPONENTS, NOT CATHOLICS Author’s Note: Although this book discusses Catholic and Protestant disagreements, its primary purpose is to show that standards of historical evidence have not been applied consistently. We will see repeatedly that whatever looks pathetically weak for Catholics and the Apocrypha will suddenly…
OVERVIEW FROM ORIGEN: “SUSANNA IS FOUND IN EVERY CHURCH” Author’s Note: Origen’s statement that Susanna was found “in every Church of Christ” is one of the clearest pieces of historical evidence, and serves as an important starting point for the discussion that follows. Rather than give you my own biased…
