 | Of all the challenges to a Christians faith, surely one of the most troubling in this day and age is skepticism's charge that the Bible is filled with various discrepancies and contradictions. If true, such a charge (which is occurring with increasing frequency) certainly would serve to negate the inerrancy and inspiration of God's Word. It is a simple matter for an unbeliever to hurl a barrage of alleged discrepancies and/or contradictions at a believer, but it is not always a simple task for the believer to respond quickly and effectively. This is the case because many of the so-called discrepancies and contradictions cannot be answered adequately via a “quick wave of the hand,” but instead require in-depth, painstaking research in order to craft a reply that can dismantle each one on a case-by-case basis.
That is exactly what this section of our Web site is intended to do. We have selected samples of the most frequently used (and, generally, the most difficult) alleged Bible discrepancies and/or contradictions, and have performed the in-depth, painstaking research necessary to answer them. And we will continue to do so. Each of our responses will appear in the “Alleged Bible Discrepancies” section of our Web site, which will be updated often. It is our goal to eventually produce a response to all the major charges, and almost all of the minor charges, from unbelievers"—charges that are intended to challenge the inspiration of Gods Word and threaten the faith of Christians. We hope you will visit this section of our site often, and that you will benefit from its contents. If you are searching for a response to a particular alleged discrepancy or contradiction and do not find it here, feel free to contact our offices to request a response. We will do our best to research the matter and provide a logical, well-thought-out, practical answer.
| The Finger of God | Dave Miller, Ph.D.
| | Geography in General | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Good Works—To be Seen, or Hidden? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Hands or Wrists? | Trevor Major, M.Sc., M.A.
| | Has Man Seen God? | Bert Thompson, Ph.D. and Sam Estabrook
| | Hate Your Parents—or Love Them? | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | “He Opened Not His Mouth” | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | The Holy Place, or the Most Holy Place? | Wayne Jackson, M.A.
| | How Long Was the Israelites’ Egyptian Bondage? | Alden Bass, Bert Thompson, Ph.D., and Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | How Many Animals of Each Kind did Noah Take into the Ark? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | How Many Charioteers Did David Slay? | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | How Many Daughters Did Lot Have? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | How Many Stalls Did Solomon Have? | Joe Deweese
| | How Many Supervisors Did Solomon Have? | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | How Much Water Could “The Sea” Hold? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | How Old Was Terah When Abraham Was Born? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | How Old Were Ahaziah and Jehoiachin When They Began Their Respective Reigns? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | How Rude!? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | In What Order Did Satan Tempt Jesus? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | In What Way was God Greater than Jesus? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Inconsistencies About Incest? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | The Interpretation of Daniel 2:39 | A.P. Staff
| | Is God the Author of Falsehoods? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Is Marriage a “Good” Thing? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Ishmaelites or Midianites? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Israelite Plundering and a Missing Donkey | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Jacob's Journey to Egypt | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | James' “Missing Quote” | A.P. Staff
| | Jashobeam—David’s Mighty Man | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | Jesse's Missing Son | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Jesus' Sermon on…The Mount or the Plain? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | The Killings of Numbers 31 | A.P. Staff
| | Kingly Chronology in the Book of Ezra | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Love is not Jealous, So Why is God? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | “Meet Me in Galilee” | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Motives Matter | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | “No One has Ascended to Heaven” | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Of Times and Figs | A.P. Staff
| | Of Water or of Land? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Oh Brother…Or is it Nephew? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | One Question, Three Different Answers | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Only One Language before Babel? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Paul’s “Perfection” | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Philistines in the Time of Abraham—Fallacy or Fact? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | The Resurrection Narratives | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | “Righteous Lot”? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Should David have been Stoned? | Kyle Butt, M.A.
| | Six or Eight Days? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | A Slip of the Mind? | Eric Lyons, M.Min.
| | Take It, or Leave It | Eric Lyons, M.Min. and Brad Harrub, Ph.D.
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