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Biblical Contradictions: Three Categories, Sixty-Seven Cases
A Case-by-Case Reference
External challenges, internal tensions, and theological polarities, taken case by case.
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Governing Principles
- Scope and Purpose The Two-Condition Methodology; Writing Rule; The Spiritual Spine
- Standard Entry Structure On Sources and Their Weight; A Continuing Question; On Derived Timelines
- On Tradition Held as Scripture On Textual Transmission; On Using the Corpus; Category Definitions
- Category One: External Challenges — Case List Category Two: Internal Tensions — Case List
- Category Three: Theological Polarities — Case List
- Precedent Reference List
Category One
Completed Cases — Category One: External Challenges
- Case 1 — The Two Genealogies of Jesus
- Case 2 — The Death of Judas
- Case 3 — Who Visited the Tomb
- Case 4 — The Crucifixion Timing
- Case 5 — The Inscription on the Cross
- Case 6 — Did Jesus Carry His Own Cross
- Case 7 — David's Census Numbers
- Case 8 — Who Incited David's Census
- Case 9 — The Age of Ahaziah
- Case 10 — The Animals on the Ark
- Case 11 — The Post-Resurrection Appearance Sequence
- Case 12 — Peter's Denial and the Rooster
- Case 13 — The Temple Cleansing Timing
- Case 14 — The Sermon Location
- Case 15 — The Creation of Animals Relative to Adam
- Case 16 — The Bethlehem Census and the Reign of Quirinius
- Case 17 — The Flight to Egypt and the Return to Nazareth
- Case 18 — The Voice at the Baptism
- Case 19 — The Timing of the Temple Curtain
- Case 20 — The Abiathar Problem in Mark 2:26
- Case 21 — Jairus's Daughter: Dying or Already Dead
- Case 22 — One Demoniac or Two
- Case 23 — One Blind Man or Two at Jericho
- Case 24 — The Centurion's Servant
- Case 25 — The Order of the Temptations
- Case 26 — The Ascension Timing in Luke and Acts
- Case 27 — Paul's Post-Damascus Chronology
- Case 28 — The Jerusalem Council's Two Accounts
- Case 29 — Has Anyone Seen God
- Case 30 — Whether God Tempts Anyone
- Case 31 — Goliath and Elhanan
- Case 32 — The Death of Saul
- Case 33 — The Baal Peor Death Toll
- Case 34 — Solomon's Horse Stalls
- Case 35 — The Two Decalogues
- Case 36 — The Seven Last Words
Category Two
Completed Cases — Category Two: Internal Tensions
- Case 1 — Proverbs 26:4–5 — Answer a Fool / Do Not Answer a Fool
- Case 2 — God's Immutability vs. God's Relenting
- Case 3 — Faith Alone vs. Faith Plus Works
- Case 4 — God Hardening Pharaoh vs. Pharaoh Hardening Himself
- Case 5 — The Two Creation Accounts
- Case 6 — God Commanding Genocide vs. God Is Love
- Case 7 — The Last Supper Timing
- Case 8 — The Cry of Dereliction
- Case 9 — The Fate of the Unevangelized
- Case 10 — The Synoptic vs. Johannine Portrait of Jesus
- Case 11 — Eternal Security vs. the Apostasy Warnings
- Case 12 — Old Testament Violence vs. Sermon on the Mount Ethics
- Case 13 — Solomon's Wisdom and Apostasy
- Case 14 — The Extent of Noah's Flood
- Case 15 — The Nature of Sheol and the Afterlife
- Case 16 — The Brothers of Jesus and Mary's Perpetual Virginity
Category Three
Completed Cases — Category Three: Theological Polarities
- Case 14 — Time and Eternity in Relation to God
- Case 4 — God's Transcendence and God's Immanence
- Case 5 — God's Justice and God's Mercy
- Case 11 — God's Wrath and God's Love
- Case 6 — The Already and the Not Yet
- Case 7 — Grace and Law
- Case 8 — Prayer and Providence
- Case 9 — Eternal Security and Genuine Warning
- Case 10 — The Cosmic Christ and the Historical Jesus
- Case 12 — The Role of Israel
- Case 15 — Scripture's Divine and Human Authorship
- Case 1 — Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom
- Case 2 — The Trinity
- Case 3 — The Two Natures of Christ
- Case 13 — God's Sovereignty and the Genuine Reality of Evil
Companions
Reads with What Isn't in Your Bible and Why and The Words That Were Added. Knowing the King is the volume on Jesus the cases keep returning to.
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