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(Originally posted on May 28, 2021) Skeptics love to bring up the claim the gospels contradict because they all mention a different number of women who went to the tomb. But exploring the cultural context can help address this objection. Thanks to Mike Licona for helping with this video. Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Sources: Mike Licona - Why are There Differences in the Gospels? Richard Bauckham - Jesus and the Eye Witnesses

(Originally posted on Oct 30, 2020) Do all four gospels contradict and claim Jesus said something different? Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy

(Originally posted on Apr 30, 2020) Was Jesus crucified during the 3rd hour or the sixth hour? Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Sources: Craig Blomberg - The Historical Reliability of the Gospels James W. Ermatinger - The World of Ancient Rome Flavio Conti - A Profile of Ancient Rome E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien - Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes Gerald Borchert - The New American Commentary: John 12-21

(Originally posted on Nov 22, 2019) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Skeptics use this alleged contradiction all the time and it is a really bad objection based on cherry-picking.

43,413 views Sep 27, 2019 Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A minor issue, but still needs to be addressed.

(Originally posted on Feb 22, 2019) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here:https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A minor issue, but still needs to be addressed.

(Originally posted on Jan 18, 2019) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy In this video, we address an alleged contradiction in the Bible about how long Jesus was in the grave.

(Originally posted on Mar 16, 2018) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy

(Originally posted on Feb 16, 2018) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A minor issue, but still needs to be addressed.

(Originally posted on Aug 18, 2017) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A minor issue, but did Jesus say to carry a staff or not? This was taken from this article: http://christianthinktank.com/nostaff...

(Originally posted on Jul 22, 2017) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: http://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilo... Some say Jesus claimed he only came for Jews and not the Gentiles. Is this true?

(Originally posted on Oct 21, 2016) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Was Jesus based on the Hindu god Krishna? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Sources: Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture - Lavanya Vemsani Ph.D. Srimaad Bhagavatam, Canto 10-12 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/in... The Hindu World - Benjamin Walker sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/texts/Puranas.html risenjesus.com/a-refutation-of-acharya-ss-book-the-christ-conspiracy

(Originally posted on Apr 3, 2018) I sat down with John Walton to talk about his new book on the Genesis Flood. https://www.ivpress.com/the-lost-worl... Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy

(Originally posted on Aug 28, 2020) Is the description of Pilate in the Gospels inconsistent with what we read in other ancient works? Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Sources: Philo: Legatio ad Gaium 299–305 Josephus: Antiquities Book 18.3-4 Craig Evans - Fabricating Jesus Brian McGing - Pontius Pilate and the Sources, www.jstor.org/stable/43718282. E. Mary Smallwood - Philonis Alexandrini Helen K. Bond - Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation

(Originally posted on Jul 31, 2020) Was Barabbas a mythical character created by the Gospel authors? Many skeptics say he could not have existed, leet alone be released from prison. Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: hhttps://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Sources: Craig A. Evans - Fabricating Jesus Craig A. Evans - Jesus and the Ossuaries R. Larry Overstreet – Roman Law and the Trial of Jesus Wolfgang Kunkel – An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History E. L. Sukenik - The Earliest Records of Christianity Mike Licona - Why are there Differences in the Gospels? Albert Lord - The Gospels as Oral Traditional Literature in the Relationship among the Gospels Bruce Malina & Richard Rohrbaugh - Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels Rhiannon Ash - Tacitus Jan Bremmer & Nicholas Horsfall - Roman Myth and Mythology #Christianity #TrialofJesus #Roman

(Originally posted on Dec 20, 2019) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A simple alleged error but still needs to be addressed. Sources: R. Larry Overstreet – Roman Law and the Trial of Jesus Wolfgang Kunkel – An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History Josephus – The Wars of the Jews; Antiquities of the Jews Robert H. Stein – The New American Commentary: Luke Anthony Ernest Harvey – Jesus on Trial William Riley Wilson – The Execution of Jesus Darrell Bock – Blasphemy and Exaltation Craig Evans – Jesus and His Contemporaries Bart Ehrman – The New Testament: Sixth Edition

9,771 views Mar 22, 2019 Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy A simple alleged error but still needs to be addressed.

(Originally posted on May 18, 2018) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: http://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilo... James Randi thinks he is cleverly challenging the existence of Nazareth, but he is not as clever as he thinks.

(Originally posted on Oct 20, 2017) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy I need to admit up front the research for this video comes from the work of philosopher Tim McGrew. I simply borrowed what he said to add to the library.

(Originally posted on May 19, 2017) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy I need to admit up front the research for this video comes from the work of philosopher Tim McGrew. I simply borrowed what he said to add to the library. Sources: The Letter of Aristeas The Special Laws - Philo of Alexandria Essays on Purity in Early Judaism - Susan Haber

(Originally posted on Jan 20, 2017) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Do the Gospels teach the earth is flat? This video addresses this claim.

(Originally posted on Apr 15, 2016) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Some skeptics claim the Synoptic Gospels made in error in the locations of Gerasenes or Gadarenes, but do they really? This video shows there was no error.

14,145 views Nov 6, 2015 Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy In Mark 7:31it says Jesus went from Tyre to the Sea of Galilee through Sidon, but Sidon is north of Tyre and the Sea of Galilee is southeast of Tyre, so why would Jesus go north to head south? This video answers that.

(Originally posted on Sep 4, 2015) Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy Some skeptics claim that the account of the death of John the Baptist contains many historical errors. This video refuted that claim. Sources: Fabricating Jesus - Craig Evans Gospel Women - Richard Bauckham

(Originally posted on Apr 23, 2021) Skeptics bring up several objections to the census of Quirinius within Luke's Gospel. This video addresses several of their claims. Don't forget to help us create more videos! We need your support: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy / @inspiringphilosophy Video on Quirinius: • Did Luke Misdate ... Sources: Rhoads' paper: https://repository.globethics.net/bit... Adolf Deissmann - Light from the Ancient East: The New Testament Harold Hoehner - Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ Josephus - Antiquities Sir William Ramsay - Was Christ Born in Bethlehem? Obery M. Hendricks - The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of the Teachings of Jesus and How They Have Been Corrupted Sabine Huebner - Papyri and the Social World of thw New Testament R. S. Bagnall and B. W. Frier - The Demography of Roman Egypt Brook Pearson - The Lucan Censuses, Revisited R. S. Hess, ‎G. J. Wenham, ‎P. E. Satterthwaite - He Swore an Oath, Second Edition Yehiel Kaplan - The Changing Profile Of The Parent-Child Relationship In Jewish Law