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Dan Paterson

@danpaterson7

Follower of Jesus. Husband and Father. Amateur coffee roaster. Founder of Questioning Christianity (ministry) & co-author of Questioning Christianity (book).

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NEW RESPONSE: Lily Jay asks: "If forgiving sins proves Jesus is God, then why does Jesus say his disciples can forgive sins? Are they God too?"

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While this is not at all an argument for the truth of Christianity, I think the soil of the Christian story bears all kinds of good fruits, not just for civilisation, but for babies in their cribs.

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Recently John Anderson AC asked Wes Huff and I to weigh in on the future of apologetics, and the state of play in what questions young people are asking. For my two cents much of the air-time in my Q&A's now is given over to deeply practical questions: "Does Christianity work?"

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Alex O'Connor (Alex O'Connor) believes it suspicious that Mark's shorter ending has no resurrection appearances of Jesus, but John's Gospel has four. Is he right about the development hypothesis? Here's 3 reasons I believe he should reconsider. NEW VID: youtu.be/6hIkoMKvNOI?si…

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Does God's compassion for vulnerable women as the "one who sees" mean he would look away from the evils of abortion, blessing the ending of an unborn life as loving kindness?

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Recently John Meade joined me to answer everyone's burning question about Scripture's canon: "Why did Emperor Constantine and King James get together at the Council of Trent to kick the Gospel of Thomas out of the Bible?" This and more available now! youtube.com/live/gXcB7AjNu…

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In HERETIC Hugh Grant channels enlightenment style atheism to argue Jesus' story is simply a copycat of the pagan myths of dying and risings gods. Did Jesus' first century Jewish followers just steal the story? Check out my response:

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Did Paul's Gentile Gospel hijack Christianity from Jesus' Jewish message? Critics of Christianity from various ideological camps often argue Paul never knew the historical Jesus, and stood at odds with Jesus' Jerusalem Apostles. Are they right? Videos incoming.

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With so many podcasts raising questions about the enigmatic nature of Genesis 6, an angelic falls, and the identity of the Nephilim, here's a 10 minute dive into the three schools of interpretation, and which one is right! youtu.be/FmVqhXzDMrM?si…

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The comments from ⁦James Talarico⁩ raise serious questions about how God and the Bible relate to our culture’s gender conversations. Here’s a 10 minute answer: “Does God have a gender?” Don’t miss the last two minutes. youtu.be/wBtK3HPz3gA

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Anyone noticed that Wes Huff is dispensing Christian artefacts to podcasters like candy? I’m a huge fan of the quality Christian artisans (sword makers, manuscript replicators, book preservers) rising up to bring history to life. Keep it coming, Wes!

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Muslims deny the overwhelming historical evidence of Jesus' death by crucifixion by quoting from the Qur'an (Surah 4:157) that Allah only made it SEEM like Jesus died, essentially deceiving the first eyewitnesses. But if that is true, should Muslims doubt Islam's origin story?

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One common objection to Christianity is that Paul hijacked the early Jesus movement from the Jerusalem Apostles, swapping out Jesus' Jewish Gospel of Torah observance for a fake Gentile Gospel of faith alone. Get ready for a new series coming up! Did Paul hijack Christianity?