Keeping Faith in an Age of Reason: Refuting Alleged Bible Contradictions by Jason Lisle
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Over 400 Contradictions? Critics claim fallacies exist in the Bible. Author Jason Lisle covers each of them in this book. Each “contradiction” is formed as a question. The author then gives an explanation of why the claim is untrue and gives the reader Bible passages for reference (and further research). By looking at each claim and then seeing in scripture why that claim is false, the reader can gain a better confidence in the Bible.
This book makes a great gateway to conversations with your friends and family on the reliability of God’s word. Read the question, then take time to talk about it and to think through it. This book will reinforce the authority of the Bible and encourage deeper thinking about the scriptures.
The chapter titles are:
1. Quantitative Differences
2. Names, Places, Genealogies
3. Timing of Events
4. Cause and Effect
5. Differences in Details
6. Yes or No?
Contradiction 95. Who was Moses’ father-in-law? Exodus 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, 5 says Jethro, but Judges 4:11 and Numbers 10:29 say Hobab, whereas Exodus 2:18–21 says Reuel.
Bifurcation fallacy. Moses’s father-in-law was called by two names: Hobab and Jethro (Exodus 3:1, 4:18, 18:1, 5–6; Judges 4:11; Numbers 10:29). The name “Jethro” means “excellency” and may have been a title rather than a proper name. The father of Hobab was Reuel (Numbers 10:29). Hence, since “father” and “daughter” can refer to more distant relations (grandfather / granddaughter), Reuel is rightly said to be the father of Moses’s wife Zipporah (Exodus 2:18–21). Perhaps the critic has forgotten that many important persons in Scripture went by two names, e.g., Woman/Eve, Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah, Jacob/Israel, Esau/Edom, Saul/Paul, Simon/Peter, etc. (See also #56.)
Quote:
“The Christian can rest assured that the Bible really is the Word of God. People have attempted to disprove, destroy, and discredit the text. But they only succeed in destroying their own position. The Word of the Lord endures forever (1 Peter 1:25)”
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