#314 Does the Bible Contain the Right Gospels? With Adam Claasen

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Have you heard that there are 60 gospels about the life of Jesus? Why did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make the cut? Historian Adam Claasen joins the podcast to talk all about the gnostic gospels...what they are, when they were discovered, and why they aren't in the Bible. ------------------------------------------------------------------This video is sponsored by:SPERO NATURAL GOODS Hand Crafted Candles, Cold Processed Soap, Natural Skin CareGo to www.speronaturalgoods.com for more information. Use my code: ALISASEVEN WEEKS COFFEETaste the Coffee that is Saving Lives.Go to www.sevenweekscoffee.com (http://www.sevenweekscoffee.com/) for more information.Use my code: ALISAFOUNDATION WORLDVIEWFoundation Worldview creates curriculum series that will empower your child to thinkBiblically in a deceptive world. Go to www.foundationworldview.com (http://www.foundationworldview.com/) for more information! Use my code: ALISA--------------------------------------------------------------------To Purchase the new CD, “Beauty from the Ash”, go to www.alisachilders.com/music (http://www.alisachilders.com/music)There you can get the CD, backing tracks, string charts, rhythm charts and stems.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alisachilders (http://www.patreon.com/alisachilders)To order “Another Gospel”: www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/another-gospel/)To order “Live Your Truth": www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/ (http://www.alisachilders.com/live-your-truth-and-other-lies/)To order “The Deconstruction of Christianity”: https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/ (https://alisachilders.com/the-deconstruction-of-christianity/)For Alisa's Merch: https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com (https://alisachilders.creator-spring.com/)To see what gear Alisa uses to record her podcast, go to:https://kit.co/alisachilders (https://kit.co/alisachilders)Potential Sponsors: https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/ (https://alisachilders.com/sponsor-request-form/)Product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

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0:00.0	If I think about Brian McLaren and kind of generous orthodoxy, you know, there's kind of,
0:05.3	I'm too cool for school, I've got the secret knowledge.
0:08.2	It's something that we're reintroducing.
0:11.8	It's our interpretation.
0:13.5	And if you're not with it, you're old-fashioned, you're out of date.
0:16.7	And as a historian, I just know how things go out of fashion so fast.
0:21.6	You know, something that's a cool idea now, in 50 years' time, people are going to say,
0:25.6	what were you thinking?
0:27.6	You know, there's kind of cultural snobbery as well, or historical snobbery, that we've got it all together.
0:34.6	But, you know, I agree with with you i love the historical continuity of
0:38.2	christianity and these old ideas have stood the test of time because they are good ideas and i would
0:44.9	suggest are truthful ideas and as soon as someone says i've got a radical reinterpretation or
0:50.3	here's a subtle reinterpretation of this um that's a warning to me because I think there's nothing new under the sun
0:59.5	that hasn't in fact been dealt with probably by the early church fathers
1:03.9	and by others all the way down through 2,000 years.
1:07.6	So you'll mean to tell me that after 2,000 years of some of the greatest minds
1:12.4	in human history, you've come up with a bona fide, authentic revelation on an interpretation.
1:21.5	I'm not saying I'm going to reject it straight away, but I already have my doubts about it.
1:26.9	I'm going to do. it straight away, but I already have my doubts about it.
1:40.0	Well, hey, everyone, welcome to the show. I'm Elisa Childers. This is the Elisa Childers podcast. It's our goal to equip Christians to identify the core beliefs of historic Christianity,
1:45.5	discern its counterfeits, and proclaim the gospel with clarity, kindness, and truth. And I'm very
1:49.4	excited to bring you this conversation that I had with Dr. Adam Klassen. He is a historian that I
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