My Twitter Conversation With Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald On the New Testament

Journalist Kurt Eichenwald recently penned the late December 2014 Newsweek article entitled, “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin.”  The article was controversial to say that least and was roundly criticized by several top Biblical scholars such as Dr. Dan Wallace.  In addition, my friend Dr. Michael L. Brown wrote a response to the article […]

The Gospel of Matthew Was First Written in Hebrew

Though no copies are extant, there is good historical evidence that Matthew’s Gospel was first written in Hebrew.  Around 130 A.D., Church father Papias (a former student of the Apostle John) explained: So then Matthew wrote the oracles in the Hebrew language, and everyone interpreted them as he was able.  (Recorded by Eusebius in Church […]