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Earliest Copy of the Gospel of Mark Found

by Craig Smith | Jan 22, 2015 | Apologetics, Bible

Several news outlets are reporting that biblical scholars Craig Evans and Daniel Wallace are working with a team that may have uncovered the earliest known copy of the Gospel of Mark. You can see full articles with all the details here and here. In short, this...

Did you hear the one about Jesus’ wife?

by Craig Smith | Oct 19, 2012 | Apologetics, Bible, Historical Jesus

Ok, that sounds like the beginning of a cheesy joke, but the truth is no laughing matter. The recently revealed “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife”, as some media outlets took to calling it, is yet another example of modern skepticism about the reliability of the canonical...

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