5 Evangelical Truisms that Aren't True

About this episode

Dr. Bart Ehrman discusses the evangelical beliefs he once held and challenges their validity.

Love him or hate him, if you're listening to this podcast then you're probably familiar with some of Dr. Bart Ehrman's beliefs - but how familiar are you with the ideas he used to hold when he was an evangelical Christian?

People in this episode

Host: Bart Ehrman

Topics covered

• evangelical beliefs
• Christianity
• religious beliefs
• truth
• misconceptions

Keywords

• evangelical
• truisms
• beliefs
• Christian
• misquoting Jesus

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