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“If the Raiders of the Lost Ark had read 1 Samuel 4, they could have just stayed home in their La-Z-Boys and not bothered. The gold box doesn’t do anything. It’s the God of the gold box that matters.” – Ryan Kelly
Ryan Kelly preaches on the Philistines’ capture of the ark of the covenant (1 Samuel 4) for this episode of The Gospel Coalition’s Word of the Week Podcast.
Is there enough evidence for us to believe the Gospels?
In an age of faith deconstruction and skepticism about the Bible’s authority, it’s common to hear claims that the Gospels are unreliable propaganda. And if the Gospels are shown to be historically unreliable, the whole foundation of Christianity begins to crumble.
But the Gospels are historically reliable. And the evidence for this is vast.
To learn about the evidence for the historical reliability of the four Gospels, click below to access a FREE eBook of Can We Trust the Gospels? written by New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams.
Ryan Kelly (PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is the pastor for preaching at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. Among other publications, he contributed to The Ashgate Research Companion on John Owen’s Theology. He and his wife, Sarah, have four children.