The Bible Contains Discrepancies. That Doesn’t Make It Untrustworthy.

In 1983, biblical scholar Robert Gundry was ousted from the Evangelical Theological Society.Gundry, in his lengthy commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, had suggested that Matthew tailored stories about Jesus to his specific audience, sometimes in nonhistorical ways. Theologian Norman Geisler, who spearheaded the ouster, believed this “undermine[d] confidence in the complete truthfulness of all of Scripture.” Gundry disagreed with this assessment—he affirmed the doctrine of bibl