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#95 Did it really happen? Questions on the reliability of the Bible

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#95 Did it really happen? Questions on the reliability of the Bible

December 9, 2021
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How should we approach historical scholarship that undermines the Bible? Was early Christian persecution exaggerated? Did saints really rise from their graves as Matthew 27 claims?

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