How Names Reveal That the Bible Writers Were Eyewitnesses

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Sorry Aunt Mildred and Uncle Bob– nobody wants to use your names for their children anymore! But what does that have to do with the credibility of the New Testament writers? In this fun and fascinating episode of 'I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist', Frank explores why the names we see recorded in ancient history matter and unpacks how these names serve as powerful evidence that the New Testament writers were actual eyewitnesses to the events they described in the Gospels and the Book of Acts. Join Frank as he tackles key questions like:* How have name trends changed in the U.S. over the last 100 years, and how does this relate to the reliability of the Scriptures?* What is an undesigned coincidence, and what examples of undesigned coincidences do we find in the New Testament?* How do scholars know when Paul wrote his letters?* Who are the 34 people mentioned in the New Testament that have also been verified by secular sources?* What archeological evidence and non-Christian writings corroborate with what we see written in the Gospels?* What's the Spider-Man Fallacy? And should the New Testament be categorized as historical fiction?If you or anyone you know has ever struggled to believe that the New Testament is historically credible, this episode might change your mind!Resources mentioned during the episode:Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham - https://a.co/d/9v3GXeg (https://a.co/d/9v3GXeg)Cold Case Christianity (Updated & Expanded Edition) by J. Warner Wallace - https://a.co/d/5wQR5p2 (https://a.co/d/5wQR5p2)NRBTV SERIES: Digging Up the Bible - https://crossexamined.org/tv-programs (https://crossexamined.org/tv-programs)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, a brand new granddaughter has arrived. Our first granddaughter, this is our fourth grandchild, but the first girl. My son, Zach and his wife, Lily, just had their first baby.
0:19.3	Zach is the one, by the way, that wrote Hollywood Heroes with me,
0:22.6	the book Hollywood Heroes, How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God.
0:25.6	Anyway, the baby, their little girl just came on Sunday.
0:29.6	I was actually preaching out in California,
0:31.6	and Zach said that the baby's coming,
0:34.6	so I brought my iPhone up to the podium during each of the three services and said,
0:42.5	sorry, I'm going to be checking my iPhone during me preaching because if this happens,
0:46.8	I want to know right away.
0:48.2	And she came.
0:48.9	Her name is Juliana was born just this past Sunday.
0:53.3	Cutest little thing.
0:54.6	I just dropped my wife off at the airport.
0:56.7	She's going up to see them.
0:57.7	They live up in the D.C. area.
1:00.3	They're both officers in the Air Force.
1:02.5	They both work in the Pentagon.
1:04.3	And so my wife is on our way right now to see little Juliana up there in the Washington, D.C.
1:10.6	area. I'll be up there, Lord Washington, D.C. area.
1:11.5	I'll be up there, Lord willing, on Thursday,
1:14.8	because providentially, our William and Mary event got postponed because of snow.
1:21.6	And so we're going to be at William and Mary, Lord willing, this coming Wednesday, March 5th, I think that is. Let me check the date. I think it is
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