I easily burned through several hours just playing with the different features. It was a little clunky at times, but to click on different parts of the manuscript, then see the translation, and compare it to my NIV version was really cool. I wish they could do this for some of the other early manuscripts too. For those who don’t know the field well (like myself), it adds so much to actually see the manuscripts and to see the translations and to compare it to the Bible I have in hand today. It gives me a bit more confidence that what we have today is what the Gospel writers wrote back then. I just have to keep thinking and pondering whether what they wrote down is true or not (unfortunately the harder part).

He discusses many topics such as the early manuscripts, who were the writers, when were they written, miracles, archeology, and much more. I especially liked his discussion on the reliability of the early Christian oral tradition. Looking back, I’m amazed at how much he was able to pack in to such a small book.

I would highly recommend this book for those who have questions regarding the gospels and want something accessible to the normal layman. Mark Roberts also has some great resources on his website. In fact, this book is based off of one of his blog series.