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Why Bart Ehrman Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Christmas (Or Your Faith) Part 8
This is the eighth of several videos Greg put together to refute Bart Ehrman’s claims published in the article What Do We Really Know About Jesus? In this segment, Greg gets into the nitty gritty of why portions of the birth account are not the dumbest lie ever. If you missed the first seven installments you can find them here, here, here, here, here, here and here. There’s a rumor going around that the next segment will wrap this series up. We’ll see. Stay tuned, and have a wonderful Christmas eve!
Category: Q&A, Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Apologetics, Atheism, Bart Ehrman, Bible, Christmas, Doubt, Faith, Greg Boyd, Historical Criticism, ReKnew, Skeptics
Topics: Biblical Reliability
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