#38 Is the Book of Acts Historically Reliable? With Dr. Craig Keener

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Alisa Childers

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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On today's podcast, I talk with New Testament scholar Craig Keener about how he came to faith in Christ, and what led him into the world of scholarship. We talk about skeptical claims brought against the reliability of the book of Acts, and whether or not we can trust a Josephus quote apologists like to use to make the case for the historical Jesus.

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0:00.0	Hey friends, Alisa Childers here. I am so excited to get to talk with one of the top
0:15.5	new Testament scholars in the world about the reliability of the Book of Acts. We're
0:20.4	going to talk to Dr. Craig Keener in just a moment.
0:36.4	Welcome to the last podcast episode of the year. I know it's only November, but last year
0:42.7	I took the second half of November and the whole month of December off from blogging and
0:48.2	podcasting. It was so wonderful. I got to rest. I got to recharge my batteries. I actually was
0:55.9	very inspired with blog ideas and podcast ideas while I was in that time of rest. So I'm going to
1:01.1	do that again this year and just really focus on the time I have with my family over the holidays.
1:08.4	I'll be around. I'm not going to go completely off social media, but I'll be pretty limited
1:13.7	on social media. But this would be a great time if you're new to the podcast. This would be a great
1:18.0	time to go back and catch up with any episodes that you've missed and then be ready to go in January.
1:25.1	I've got some great ideas for blogs and podcasts already to bring you in January after I'm
1:31.9	rested and refreshed and ready to go. And I imagine I'll get some inspiration for some more
1:37.7	over the break. So let's go ahead and just get right into today's interview. Today's guest is
1:43.4	New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Keener. He basically doesn't even need an introduction. His works
1:48.8	are so influential in the world of New Testament scholarship. I'm just over the moon that I get to
1:53.9	have him on the show. He's written 25 books. He's written commentaries on Galatians, Matthew,
2:00.2	John, 1st and 2nd Corinthians and Romans. He's written 1,000 pages. It's really it's over 1,000
2:05.2	pages, a book on miracles. And he's the New Testament editor for the cultural background study Bible.
2:11.8	He's written an award-winning four volume commentary on the book of Acts. It's over 4,000 pages.
2:17.8	His website is cragkeener.com where you can go and sign up to receive his posts and videos
2:24.6	and check out some of his resources. Craig, I'm so happy to have you on the podcast. Thanks for
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