As we come to study the book of Mark in the Bible, we may be asking this question: is Mark trustworthy? Did the things that he records Jesus saying and doing actually happen? Or did he make everything up? Or perhaps embellish things a little bit? These questions about the historical reliability and truthfulness of Scripture are important ones, for they determine whether we can read the Bible as history or must read it as legend. In this study, we will discover that non-Christian sources hold that a man named Jesus existed, and that the Christian sources are too early, too detailed, and too counterproductive to be fabrications. The first point of this sermon is taken from chapter 3 of "Is the New Testament Reliable?" by Paul Barnett, and the second is taken from chapter 7 of "The Reason for God" by Tim Keller.

September 10, 2023