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  • 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
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    • Gnosticism
    • Mere Christianity
    • Messianic Prophecies
    • Miracles
    • Paganism
    • Postmodernism
    • Q&A
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    • The Resurrection
    • Truth & Logical Reasoning
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    • Baha'i
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    • Chinese Popular Religion
    • Hinduism
    • Islam
    • Jainism
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KEN COUGHLAN, SPEAKER & APOLOGIST
Biblical Interpretation & Dating
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Short:
"Do Christians say it's only the verses they don't like that don't apply anymore?"

Short:
"Is the Bible a spell book?"
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"Does Genesis 1:1 really say, 'When God began to create'?"
Short:
"Why it makes no sense to say the New Testament book were written later"
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"Where skeptics use circular reasoning"

Video:
"Why is it foolish to deny the New Testament was written in the first century?"
Podcast clip from April 1, 2024

Video:
"What is Covenant Theology?"
Podcast clip from February 29, 2024
Video:
"What is Dispensationalism?"
Podcast clip from February 27, 2024

Short:
"Is it God's word or isn't it?"
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"What is a key difference between the Old Covenant and the New?"

Video:
"How were the books of the Bible chosen?"
Podcast from June 15, 2022

Short:
"What does it mean for the Bible to be 'inspired'?"
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"Exegesis vs Eisegesis"
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"5 principles for resolving Bible difficulties"
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"Dating the New Testament"

Short:
"Can we trust our copies of the Gospels?"
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"Dating the Gospel of John"
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"Is the Old Testament reliable?"
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"Are you taking the Bible out of context?"

Video:
"The Importance of Understanding Genre in Biblical Interpretation"
Talk show from May 7, 2019
People often take Scripture out of context, picking a verse here or a passage there, but failing to take into account the various factors that weigh into uncovering the author's original meaning. While a full explanation of context is too broad a subject to cover in one episode of our short podcast, Ben Lander and Ken Coughlan talk about one contextual factor: the literary genre of a biblical text, and discuss how misunderstanding the importance of genre can lead to an incorrect interpretation of God's word.

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Article:
"Accurately Defending the Textual Reliability of the New Testament Manuscripts"

February 27, 2019
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Article:
"Avoiding Common Mistakes in Biblical Interpretation"

February 17, 2019
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Article:
"Overcoming Cultural Presuppositions"

February 13, 2019

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Article:
"Individualist vs Collectivist Cultures and First Century Israel"

January 30, 2019
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Article:
"Appreciating Ethnic Differences in Biblical Texts"

January 23, 2019
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Article:
"Overcoming Cultural Bias in Biblical Interpretation"

January 15, 2019

Video:
"Are the Gospels Reliable?"
Class taught August 7, 2018

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Article:
"The Relationship Between Meaning and Application"
April 1, 2018
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Article:
"The Proper Understanding and Application of Literary Background in Biblical Hermeneutics"
February 3, 2018

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Article:
"The Importance and Limits of Historical Cultural Background"
January 28, 2018
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Article:
"The Meaning of 'Inspiration' and How We Can Know the Bible is Inspired"
January 20, 2018

Audio:
"Christianity 101:
​The Divine Inspiration of the Bible"

Audio podcast (2009)

This podcast was produced by Ten Minas Ministries, Ken's former apologetics ministry that is no longer operating. Any contact information given in the podcast is not valid.
Audio:
"Christianity 101:
​What Does 'Inspiration' Mean?"

Audio podcast (2009)

This podcast was produced by Ten Minas Ministries, Ken's former apologetics ministry that is no longer operating. Any contact information given in the podcast is not valid.
Audio:
"Christianity 101:
​The Canon"

Audio podcast (2009)

This podcast was produced by Ten Minas Ministries, Ken's former apologetics ministry that is no longer operating. Any contact information given in the podcast is not valid.
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"Getting to Know Your 'Textbook'"
Audio podcast (2009)

This podcast was produced by Ten Minas Ministries, Ken's former apologetics ministry that is no longer operating. Any contact information given in the podcast is not valid.

Blog:
"Textual Criticism of the Bible"
Post for Ten Minas Ministries from May 14, 2007
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