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Michael Licona

On being friends with people who don’t believe Jesus is the messiah

July 11, 2019 by Randal

A few weeks ago, Christianity Today published an article by Michael Licona titled, “I Befriended Bart Ehrman by Debating Him.” In the article, Licona recalls how he initially debated Ehrman in 2008 and how a friendly acquaintance grew out of the exchange. Reading about their casual friendship, I am reminded of the rather more famous camaraderie that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, friendship, Michael Licona

Apologetics and the Crisis Apparition

June 7, 2014 by Randal

When it comes to the veridical value of ghost appearances, among the most intriguing are so-called “crisis apparitions”. Lisa J. Schwebel writes: “A crisis apparition is the recognized apparition figure of a friend or relative appearing around the same time that he or she is undergoing some great crisis: at the time of an accident, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, crisis apparition, ghost, Michael Licona, naturalism, NDE, OBE, skepticism

25. Do the gospels have errors? Michael Licona’s new insights on ancient history

November 26, 2013 by Randal

Christians have always been aware of the apparent contradictions in the Gospel accounts. For example, how does one reconcile the genealogies of Matthew (1:2-17) and Luke (3:23-38)? Did Jesus cleanse the temple at the beginning of his ministry (John 2:13-17) or the end (Mark 11:15-19)? Who appeared at the empty tomb? Was it a young man […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, historiography, history, interview, Michael Licona

First they came for Michael Licona

November 10, 2011 by Randal

A few months back  I blogged in defense of one of evangelical Christianity’s leading apologists and academics, Michael Licona. Why? The poor chap actually had the temerity to raise probing, intellectually honest questions about the historicity of Matthew 27:51-54. Once the hounds of inerrancy caught poor Mike’s scent they started braying and the chase was on. For weeks […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: academic freedom, Al Mohler, censorship, evangelicalism, inerrancy, Michael Licona, Norman Geisler, scholarship, Southern Baptist

Al Mohler says the devil is in the details. Ironically enough, he’s right.

September 22, 2011 by Randal

Imagine a defense attorney that is trying to defend his client’s innocence against the charge of murder. To his initial delight the defense attorney comes across an eyewitness who is emphatic that the attorney’s client did not commit the murder. The reason? The eyewitness says he saw another man commit the crime. Do you think the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Al Mohler, apologetics, inerrancy, inspiration, Michael Licona, resurrection, The Resurrection of Jesus

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