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It’s been amazing to see such overwhelming support to kickstart Textual Criticism. This is the last hour to help us launch this and take a strong stand to win back the mind for Christ. Never again will you be able to get a T-Shirt, the much-needed Textual Criticism course, a book from Dr. Wallace and [...]

Never again will you be able to get a T-Shirt, the much-needed Textual Criticism course, a book from Dr. Wallace and full digital access for such an amazing low price. For the next six hours you can still get involved by clicking here. We are so excited for the Church to finally have a well-produced, [...]

Yesterday I was on an atheist forum. It was amazing to me what I saw. It was a discussion about textual criticism. These atheists were discussing how the text of the Bible had changed so much that there was no way anyone in their right mind would believe it. They were even going so far [...]

During the early forth-century Christianity suffered its worst time of persecution yet. Emperor Diocletian set out to destroy Christianity completely. The focus of this persecution was on the clergy, church buildings, and the Christian Scriptures. The Roman persecutors believed that if they destoryed all Scriptures, then Christianity would eventually fall. Thousands of Christians across the [...]

Have you ever heard someone say that the scribes who copied the Bible never made any mistakes? That they counted the words of each line, wrote in a certain color ink, and burned the manuscript if there was ever a single mistake? Well, this is not really true. There are so many things that I [...]

Reason Number 4: P52 Never heard of P52 (also known as Rylands Library Papyrus)? Don’t worry . . . Most Christians have not. P52 is the earliest known manuscript of the New Testament. It is a little piece of the Gospel of John that dates to the early second century. The significance of this little [...]

Here we are, just five days left to go to join our movement and strengthen minds through understanding. Reason #5: Daniel B. Wallace is a Modern Indiana Jones Normally, we have to read about discoveries or watch them dramatized on the big screen. The Indiana Jones movies are among the most successful of all time [...]

The countdown continues. You now only have six days left to join with us in putting together the first ever Credo Course and get a great deal on education that will last you and your family forever. Reason Number 6: This is a FULL Course on Textual Criticism! I (Michael Patton) dreamed about this during [...]