Tim Staples

Went over the opening statements in the Ehrman/Wallace debate from New Orleans. The topic of the integrity of the Bible is the central apologetic issue of our time, and Ehrman’s “400,000 variants, which is more variants than there are words in the NT” argument has become almost ubiquitous. Being able to respond meaningfully and clearly is vital to the Christian

Started off with some discussion of the Catholic Answers forums again, specifically, the use of the phrase “anti-Catholic” by that organization. Then took a few calls and moved on to Ahmed Deedat and his claim that Mohammed is the “spirit of truth” in John 14 and 16.

We had an important discussion of the recent study showing that “Protestants” are now less than 50% of the US population, and I discussed how the “Nones” are now 20%, and what this means for evangelism and apologetics. Then we went back to Paul Williams’ comments, almost finishing off his opening statement.