Can We Trust the Gospels?

Good interview recording with Dr. Mark Roberts on the reliability of the Gospel accounts.

"When the question is asked "\'Can we trust the Gospels?' we usually ask that question from our 21st century perspective. But Roberts points out that we must understand that standards and practice of historians at the time the Gospels were written. They are different standards than ours to some extent, but still yield a reliable record, especially when you factor in the importance of what the writers believed they were conveying." -- from Stand to Reason blog

I still vividly remembering reading the whole NT in 3 days as a desperately seeking adult. I was amazed! This Jesus was not like what I remember from Sunday School. No Breck girl in a beauty pageant sash! The Jesus of the Gospels is tough and tender, bold and gentle. I also remember thinking, "If the disciples made this up, it would read differently. They wouldn't make themselves look like idiots." These insights -- that the NT does have the feel of fiction --were convincing to me.