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Curated by: Michael Patton (101 videos)
Why would the Gospel writers preserve stories that made Jesus’ family, disciples, and earliest witnesses look confused, doubtful, frightened, or unreliable? In this episode of Theology Unplugged, Michael Patton continues Through Theology in a Year by examining the criterion of embarrassment as part of the cumulative case for the historical reliability and inspiration of Scripture. People who invent stories usually remove details that weaken their credibility. Nations celebrate their victories. Religious movements polish their founders and heroes. The Gospels repeatedly do the opposite. This episode examines several difficult and potentially embarrassing details preserved in the Gospel accounts: Jesus submits to John’s baptism of repentance. Jesus’ brothers do not believe in Him. His family thinks He is out of His mind. John the Baptist questions whether Jesus is truly the coming one. Some disciples doubt even after seeing the risen Christ. Jesus says that even the Son does not know the day or hour. Women become the first witnesses to the empty tomb. Jesus curses a fig tree when it is not the season for figs. The earliest Christians proclaim a crucified and bodily risen Messiah. The criterion of embarrassment does not prove every Gospel account by itself, and it should never be used mechanically or in isolation. Nevertheless, these difficult details contribute to a powerful cumulative historical argument. The Gospels do not read like sanitized propaganda. They preserve awkward and stubborn details because their authors believed these events actually happened. Explore the Project: Credo House – https://credohouse.org Credo Courses – https://www.credocourses.com Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.com Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpatton Credo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org Hashtags #TheologyUnplugged #HistoricalJesus #Gospels #BiblicalInspiration #ChristianApologetics #NewTestament #BibleStudy #JesusChrist #CriterionOfEmbarrassment #HistoricalReliability YouTube Tags Theology Unplugged, C Michael Patton, Michael Patton, Through Theology in a Year, why the Gospels are embarrassing, criterion of embarrassment, evidencing inspiration, evidence for biblical inspiration, historical reliability of the Gospels, historical Jesus, Gospel authenticity, New Testament reliability, Christian apologetics, Bible apologetics, Jesus baptism, John the Baptist doubt, disciples doubted, women at the empty tomb, crucifixion and resurrection, bodily resurrection, embarrassing details in the Gospels, internal evidence for Scripture, Bible study, Christian theology, bibliology, inspiration of Scripture, reliability of the Bible