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  • Home
  • Apologetics
    • What is Apologetics?
    • Archaeology
    • The Case for Christ
    • The Classical Argument for Christianity
    • The Existence of God >
      • Answering Atheist Arguments
      • The Argument from Desire
      • The Argument from Proper Function
      • The Argument from Reason
      • The Design Argument
      • The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism
      • The Kalam Cosmological Argument
      • The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument
      • The Moral Argument
      • The Ontological Argument
      • Original Monotheism
      • Pascal's Wager
      • The Problem of Evil
    • Faith and Science
    • Gnosticism
    • Mere Christianity
    • Messianic Prophecies
    • Miracles
    • Paganism
    • Postmodernism
    • Q&A
    • Reformed Apologetics
    • The Resurrection
    • Truth & Logical Reasoning
  • World Religions
    • Baha'i
    • Buddhism
    • Chinese Popular Religion
    • Hinduism
    • Islam
    • Jainism
    • Jehovah's Witnesses
    • Judaism
    • Mormonism
    • Native American Religions
    • New Age
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    • Bible Difficulties
    • Protestant Reformation
    • Old Testament
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    • Isaiah
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    • Joel
    • Matthew
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    • 2 Corinthians
    • Ephesians
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    • Hebrews
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    • Heresies
    • Miracles
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    • Repentance
    • Roman Catholicism
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KEN COUGHLAN, SPEAKER & APOLOGIST
Bible Difficulties and Contradictions
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Get Ken's book Cracking Open the Hard Parts of the Bible on Amazon. It is the textbook to accompany the video lessons near the bottom of this page!

Short:
"Why did it take the Hebrews 40 years to get to Canaan?"
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"Did Jesus command violence against non-believers?"
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"Why did Jesus ask why God had forsaken Him?"

Short:
"Did God lie to Adam and Eve?"
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"Does the Bible get the value of Pi wrong?"
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"Did God kill children just because they insulted Elisha?"

Short:
"Please read the Bible before you criticize it"
Short:
"Does Satan torture people for disobeying God?"
Short:
"Your Bible seems to be missing some pages"

Short:
"Who saw Lot's wife turn to salt?"
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"Don't skip the 'hard parts' of the Bible"
Short:
"Did Jesus appear to Mary Magdalene or not?"

Short:
"Neil DeGrasse Tyson is still wrong"
Short:
"Do the resurrection accounts contradict each other?"
Short:
"Did the women tell anyone about the empty tomb?"
Short:
"Does the Bible get Pi wrong?"

Short:
"Was it light or dark when the women visited the tomb?"
Short:
"God did NOT order genocide"
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"Numbers 31 does NOT condone sex slavery"
Short:
"How many angels were at Jesus' tomb?"

Short:
"'Property' in the OT didn't mean what you think it means"
Short:
"Did both thieves insult Jesus or only one?"
Short:
"Did Moses order the murder of innocents?"
Short:
"What did the sign on the cross say?"

Video:
"Did Moses order the execution of innocents?"
Podcast from January 30, 2024

Ken looks at a difficult passage in scripture, Numbers 31:13-18, and asks, did Moses order the Israelites to execute innocent women and children? Did God condone this action?
Video:
"Was Jesus crucified on Thursday or Friday?"
Podcast clip from January 25, 2024

Short:
"Do the gospels contradict each other?"
Short:
"Did God order the execution of women and children?"

Video:
"How is the Old Testament God Different from the New Testament God?"
Class taught October 13, 2023


Is God in the Old Testament all about wrath but motivated solely by love in the New Testament? Join us as we walk through the scriptures to uncover the answer.

Short:
"5 principles for resolving Bible difficulties"
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"Bart Ehrman gets it wrong"
Short:
"Was Jesus buried?"

Short:
"Does the Bible contain errors?"
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"Do the Gospels contradict each other?"
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"Are the resurrection stories contradictory?"
Short:
"Did God want Abraham to kill Isaac?"

Video:
"Is God Immoral?"
Class taught June 25, 2019
Video:
"Does God Condone Slavery?"
Class taught July 2, 2019

Video:
"Did God Order Genocide?"
Class taught July 9, 2019
Video:
"Does God Value Women Less Than Men?"
Class taught July 16, 2019

Video:
"Are There Problems Surrounding Jesus' Birth?"
Class taught July 23, 2019
Video:
"Are There Problems Surrounding Jesus' Death and Resurrection?"
Class taught July 30, 2019

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Article:
"What Should We Make of God's Command to Sacrifice Isaac?"

April 10, 2019
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Article:
"Is God Guilty of Divine Child Abuse?"

February 6, 2019

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