Peter Williams has written a book both enlightening and encouraging to the believer. Even skeptics should appreciate this evenhanded approach to the question in the title. Dr Williams very carefully avoids coming across as either liberal or conservative in his theology as he gives us fact after fact, along with charts and tables to validate his points.
He even begins with Non-Christians to establish the confirmation of the Gospels in their basic historical facts. Next he examines early Christian sources, proving that their natural bias does not mean that their basic information is incorrect. He then surveys the four books in question to establish whether they are correct in things like geography, bodies of water, roads and means of travel, gardens, and several other things, ending with an interesting discussion of names that this reviewer found intriguing as well as persuasive.
The author continues in this vein through several other issues, all credible and easy to comprehend. Only at the end does he finally try to persuade us that Jesus is real, which means he is worth listening to and following. It is well worth your time, which will be short but also rewarding.
Can We Trust the Gospels? is published by Crossway.
Dene Ward
He even begins with Non-Christians to establish the confirmation of the Gospels in their basic historical facts. Next he examines early Christian sources, proving that their natural bias does not mean that their basic information is incorrect. He then surveys the four books in question to establish whether they are correct in things like geography, bodies of water, roads and means of travel, gardens, and several other things, ending with an interesting discussion of names that this reviewer found intriguing as well as persuasive.
The author continues in this vein through several other issues, all credible and easy to comprehend. Only at the end does he finally try to persuade us that Jesus is real, which means he is worth listening to and following. It is well worth your time, which will be short but also rewarding.
Can We Trust the Gospels? is published by Crossway.
Dene Ward
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