Bart Ehrman’s bestseller Misquoting Jesus highlights the "enormous problem" of changes in the New Testament manuscripts, leaving many to wonder if the original biblical text is lost forever. In this video, we take a calm, thoughtful look at the manuscript evidence to see how textual criticism actually works and why Christians don't need to fear the data.

Check out this related video where I take you deeper into how textual criticism works with a text-critical apparatus:    • How to ACTUALLY Study Differences in the B...  

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If you're interested to learn more about why I believe Christianity is true, I suggest you start with my series on the historical reliability of the Gospels:

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Here's another series I made on Bible Difficulties:

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0:00 I read Misquoting Jesus!

0:26 Respecting Ehrman's Scholarship

1:39 Big Idea of Misquoting Jesus

4:32 Misquoting Ehrman

7:27 How Bad is it, Really?

10:30 How Significant is it, Really?

12:46 Stable Christian Theology

13:57 Where Scholars Agree

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