We'll speak today of some writings of the Apostolic Fathers, many of which are fiery, insightful and point us back to God's Word. 

Sometimes talking about Biblically-related ancient writings can be confusing. Today we learn some of the reasons why the apocrypha is rejected by ancient and modern Bible scholars alike.

We’ve been talking about the extra-Biblical evidence for the reliability of the New Testament - so here's some more examples.

Anyone questioning the authorship and authenticity of the New Testament documents is really about 50 years out-of-date.

Critics today can be heard saying that the canonical Gospels are late and cannot be trusted - so let's discover if the New Testament is historical or not.

Documents of the New Testament are validated by every discovery, and now we have enough evidence from letters among Christians who were contemporary with the apostles, to place all of the writings of the New Testament in the first century.

Possibly the most significant discovery yet made relating to the background of early Bible times, the Elba tablets describe a period 1000 years before Moses. 

Jack

Of all the major religions, Christianity and Judaism are unique, distinguished from all others in their historicity…they are historic.

Some critics claim that the apostles we've discussed are a fabrication, a "Christ Myth"- but do not do so on the grounds of historical evidence. 

There are many more Apostolic Fathers we could study, but for now we’ll look at just one more, Irenaeus.